The Natural History of Selborne

A bag of hops from master Hale, weight 36 pounds, & an half.

D.L. Virginian creeper sheds it’s leaves.  It’s leaves have a silky appearance.  Tho. H. White, & H.H.W. went to Fyfield.

Bought of bright hops– 21 pounds; of brown– 49.

Many gulls, & wildfowls on Wolmer pond.  Whitings brought.

Gathered-in some royal russets, very fine.

Fyfield, the spaniel, rejects the bones of a wood-cock with horror.  Gathered in the non-pareils.  The prodigious crop of apples this year verified in some measure the words of Virgil made use of in the description of the Corycian garden;

“Quotq’ in flore novo pomis se fertilis arbos/Induerat, totidem in autumno matura tenebat.”

Gathered six bush. & half of dearlings from the meadow-tree: four or five bush. remain on the tree.  The foliage of the Virginian creeper of a fine blood-colour.

H.H. White came from Fyfield.

Gathered such of the Cadillac pears, as could readily be reached by ladders.  Thomas says there are 13 bushels on my only tree.

Mr Churton left us.  T.H. White came from Fyfield.