October 5
Posted by sydney on Oct 5th, 2008
- 1791: October 5, 1791 – Arrived off the isle of Wight the Earl Fitzwilliams Captn Dundas from Madras. Charles Etty sailed in this India man as second mate about the 10th of March, 1790. [later note] Poor Charles Etty did not come home in the Earl Fitzwilliams, having unfortunately broke his leg at Madras the evening before the ship sailed for Europe.
- 1790: October 5, 1790 – Cut 3 bunches of grapes: they were just eatable.
- 1789: October 5, 1789 – Gathered in Chaumontel pears: tied endive. Mr Ben, & Mrs Ben White left us.
- 1787: October 5, 1787 – Bror Ben & wife came. Put my fine hyacinths into a bed, that were taken-up in the summer. Put also some good tulips, & striped crocus’s from Bro: Thos’s garden into beds.
- 1783: October 5, 1783 – In the High-wood, under the thick trees, & among the dead leaves, where there was no grass, we found a large circle of Fungi of the Agaric kind, which included many beeches within its ring. Such circles are often seen on turf, but not usually in covert. We found a species of Agaric in the high wood of a very grotesque shape, with the laminae turned outward, & the cap within formed into a funnel containing a good quantity of water.
- 1781: October 5, 1781 – No h: martins, nor swallows in the villages, nor sand-martins at the pit on Short-heath. The white-sand in the pit above, observed thro’ a microscope, appears more sharp, & angular than the yellow sand of the forest. Gathered in the nonparels, & royal russets. Much gossamer flying.
- 1778: October 5, 1778 – Whitings in season still. Many martins, & some swallows hover about the cliffs near Lewes.
- 1776: October 5, 1776 – Black snails are more sluggish than in the summer; but in sight all day at this season of the year. Saw one hornet.
- 1775: October 5, 1775 – Here & there a straggling swallow. Curlews clamor.
- 1774: October 5, 1774 – Mr Yalden houses barley. No hirundines appear all this day, though the weather is so fine, & the air full of insects.
- 1771: October 5, 1771 – White frost, grey, & clouds. Ashen leaves begin to fall.
- 1770: October 5, 1770 – Crossbills, loxiae curvirostrae among Mrs Snooke’s Scotch pines.
- 1768: October 5, 1768 – Rooks carry off ye nuts from ye wall-nut trees.
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