The Natural History of Selborne

My apricot trees were never stripped of their buds before; & therefore seem to have suffered from a casual flight of gross-beaks, that came into these parts.

Three gallons of brandy from London.

One of the Bantam hens begins to lay.  Mice devour the crucus’s.

Sam & Ned White left us.  Late in the evening the planet Jupiter shines in the E.

Rain & wind in the night.  Thomas says, that when he got-up the Baromr was down at 27-8!

This morning the Baromr at Newton was only 28!

Sam & Ned White came from Fyfield.

A disorder prevails among the horses: but has not reached this village yet.

Ivy berries swell, & grow: there have been no frosts to check them.

The earth is glutted with water: rills break out at the foot of every little hill: my well is near half full.  The wind in the night blew down the rain-measurer.