The Natural History of Selborne

On this day came my Nep. John White of Sarum with his bride late Miss Louisa Neave, who encreased my Nep. & nieces to the number of 62.

Mr. Churton left us.

Nephew Holt White came.

N. papers mention snow to the northward.  On this day Mrs Clement was brought to bed of a boy, her ninth child.  My nephews & nieces are now 61.

Rain, rain, gleams.  Venus is very resplendent.

Mr. B. & wife left us.

Bramblings are seen: they are winter-birds of passage, &  come with the hen-chaffinches.  Nep. Ben. White & wife came.

Covered the artichokes, & rhubarb with litter, & the spinage, & the Yucca filimentosa with straw; & the few brown lettuces with straw.  Mr Churton came.

Dark & wet.  Shower, a short, but violent gust.  Lightening.

The season has been so mild that the Antirrhinum Cymb. still flourishes, & continues in bloom.