March 14, 1793
Posted by sydney on Mar 14th, 1793
Papilio rhamni, the brimstone butterfly, appears in the Holt. Trouts rise, & catch at insects. A dob-chick comes down the Wey in sight of the banks. Timothy the tortoise comes forth, & weighs 6 ae 5 1/2 z. Took a walk in the Holt up to the lodge: no bushes, & of course no young oaks: some Hollies, & here & there a few aged yews: no oaks of any great size. The soil wet & boggy.