October 8, 1781

Posted by sydney on Oct 8th, 1781

Several women & children have eruptions on their hands, &c., is this owing to the lowness of the water in the wells, &c?  It seems this often befalls after they have been employed in hop-picking.

October 6, 1781

Posted by sydney on Oct 6th, 1781

Several herons at Wolmer-pond, & a tringa octrophus, or white-rumped sand-piper, Cranmer-pond in Wolmer-forest is quite dry.

October 5, 1781

Posted by sydney on Oct 5th, 1781

No h: martins, nor swallows in the villages, nor sand-martins at the pit on Short-heath.  The white-sand in the pit above, observed thro’ a microscope, appears more sharp, & angular than the yellow sand of the forest.  Gathered in the nonparels, & royal russets.  Much gossamer flying.

October 4, 1781

Posted by sydney on Oct 4th, 1781

No h. martins, nor swallows in the village, nor sand-martins about the forest.  Ld Stawel was fishing Wolmer-pond with a long net drawn by ten men.

October 3, 1781

Posted by sydney on Oct 3rd, 1781

Bought a bay-Welch Galloway mare. Out of the horses that were offered to me to try, there were ten mares to one gelding.

October 1, 1781

Posted by sydney on Oct 1st, 1781

Cleaned my well by drawing out about 100 buckets of muddy water: there was little rubbish at the bottom.  There were two good springs, one at the bottom, & one about three feet above.  Nothing had been done to this well for about 40 years.  The man at the bottom in the cleaning brought up several marbles & taws that we had thrown down when children.

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