This week in 1777
10th August
Sun, rain-bow, clouds, sun & brisk wind.
11th August
Wheat-harvest begins. Some swifts.
12th August
Fog, dark, dark & spitting.
13th August
No swifts. One swift, the last. The swifts went away this year just as the beautiful weather began.
14th August
Sweet harvest-weather. Wheat turns colour very fast. Brisk gale. One swift.
15th August
Male & female ants come forth & migrate in vast troops: every ant-hill is in strange commotion & hurry. No swift. The pair of martins which began to build on June 21 brought-out their brood this day in part: the rest remain in the nest Aug: 17.
16th August
No swift. Some wheat in shock.