August 29, 1780
Posted by sydney on Aug 29th, 1780
On this day the people at Selborne were to begin picking of hops: the crop of hops is prodigious.
August 28, 1780
Posted by sydney on Aug 28th, 1780
There were at the King’s house at Winton 1600 Spanish prisoners; rather small men, & some very swarthy: here & there a fairish lad.
August 25, 1780
Posted by sydney on Aug 25th, 1780
The thermomr which on the stair-case stood at 67, in the wine-vault became 60 3/4; & again when it was 66 on the stair-case, by being plunged into a bucket of water, fresh-drawn, it fell to 51.
August 16, 1780
Posted by sydney on Aug 16th, 1780
Lord Cornwallis gained a signal victory over General Gates in South Carolina, near Camden.
August 14, 1780
Posted by sydney on Aug 14th, 1780
Sope-wort blows. Dwarf elder continues in bloom.
August 12, 1780
Posted by sydney on Aug 12th, 1780
Dust flies. Gardens suffer from want of rain. Much wheat bound. Timothy, in the beginning of May, after fasting all the winter, weighed only six pounds & four ounces averdupoise; is now encreased to six pounds & 15 ounces, averdupoise.
August 11, 1780
Posted by sydney on Aug 11th, 1780
The Papilio Machaon never appeared but once in my garden.
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