November 11

Posted by sydney on Nov 11th, 2008
  • 1790: November 11, 1790 – Two or three wood-cocks seen in the high wood: one was killed.  Fyfield improves, & promises to make a good cock-dog.
  • 1789: November 11, 1789 – The tortoise is going under ground, but not quite buried: he is in motion, & pushing himself beneath the turf.
  • 1788: November 11, 1788 – Men have taken advange of this dry season, & have chalked their hop-gardens, & fields.  The chalk at the foot of the hill is called marl, but it is only a hard grey chalk.  This chalk is of service on the malms.
  • 1785: November 11, 1785 – Began to use celeri: it is very large, & somewhat piped.  Ring-ouzel on the common.
  • 1783: November 11, 1783 – This country swarms with pigeons from dove-houses.  Millers complain for want of water.
  • 1782: November 11, 1782 – Planted 50 tulips, which I bought of Dan Wheeler, in the border opposite to the great parlor-windows.  They are, I think, good flowers.
  • 1781: November 11, 1781 – The house-martins have disappointed us again, as they did last year, with respect to their Novemr. visit for one day.  On Nov. 5th 1779, & Nov. 4th 1777, they showed themselves all day along the hanger in considerable numbers, after they had withdrawn for some weeks: when, had they been properly watched, their place of retreat in the evening, I make no doubt, might have been easily discovered.  Once in a few years they make us a visit of this sort, some time in the first week in November.
  • 1780: November 11, 1780 – Several wood-cocks seen this day: stone curlews are not yet gone.
  • 1778: November 11, 1778 – Planted in the borders some ferrugineous foxgloves.
  • 1774: November 11, 1774 – First day of winter.  Snow on the ground.
  • 1773: November 11, 1773 – All our levelling-work is under water.  The baromr has been unusually low for many days past; & yet with little wind: but the rains have been prodigious.  Most of the rain has fallen by night.
  • 1772: November 11, 1772 – Nasturtiums and other Indian flowers are still in bloom: a sure token that there has been no frost.

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