October 30, 1773

Posted by sydney on Oct 30th, 1773

Grapes are very curious.

October 27, 1773

Posted by sydney on Oct 27th, 1773

Hares abound, but pheasants are very scarce this year.  One of the vines to the S.W. casts its leaves & looks sickly.

Posted by sydney on Oct 25th, 1773

Began levelling my grass-plot & walks at the garden-door, & bringing them down to the level of the floor of my house.

October 24, 1773

Posted by sydney on Oct 24th, 1773

Woodlark sings.  Great titmouse reassumes it’s spring note.

October 22, 1773

Posted by sydney on Oct 22nd, 1773

Fog, rain, fog, fog.  Saw several martins at Dorchester in Oxfordshire round the church.  It is remarkable that the swallow kind appear full as late in the midland counties, as in the maritime: a circumstance this more favourable to hiding than to migration.  As it proved these martins were the last that I saw.

October 21, 1773

Posted by sydney on Oct 21st, 1773

No swallows or martins observed.

October 19, 1773

Posted by sydney on Oct 19th, 1773

Venus has become an evening star. Vivid Aurora bor.

October 16, 1773

Posted by sydney on Oct 16th, 1773

Mr Yalden finished his barley-harvest, some of which had been cut more than six weeks. In general the grain is not spoiled, but by drying & frequent turning in a floor will be tolerable.

October 14, 1773

Posted by sydney on Oct 14th, 1773

Hay sold at Weyhill fair much cheaper than people expected: from £6-10-0 to £7-10-0.

October 11, 1773

Posted by sydney on Oct 11th, 1773

Fine day, clouds & wind at night.

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