The Natural History of Selborne

Most beautiful rimes.

Vast rime, strong frost, birght, & still, fog.  The hanging woods when covered with a copious rime appear most beautiful & grotesque.

Ground covered with snow.

Much thunder.  Great hail at Faringdon.

Vast condensations in the great parlor: the grate, the marble-jams, the tables, the chairs, the walls are covered with dew. This inconvenience may be prevented by keeping the window shutters, & door close shut in such moist seasons.

Planted an old Newington-peach, & a Roman nectarine.

Snow was halfshoe-deep on the hill.  Distant lightening.

The ground is glutted with water.

Mrs Snooke’s old tortoise retired under the ground.

Total eclipse of the moon, total but not central.