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Wednesday 16th Jan 1861 Raind all last night
water courses verry high cleaned of this morning
choped + ditched windy but not cold

Thursday 17 Jan 1861 warm nice day choped
along the branch in field east of meadow and
diched in cassel pasture

Friday 18 Jan 1861 raining this morning
stoped in afternoon choped + ditched

Saturday 18 Jan 1861 warm clear day choped + diched

Monday 21 Jan 1861 cool frosty morning splitt
halled cool wood + ditched

Teusday 22 Jan 1861 cold all day worked as clay/geriz

Wednesday 23 Jan 1861 Commenced snowing
soon this morning snowed until noon verry
fast then commenced hailing + continued
hailing + raining + sleeting until night + Theu Stoped
hailing + commenced raining + sleeting + continued
all night Ther 28 to 30 all day

Thursday 24th Jan 1861 the heaviest Sleet I have
ever seen on the ground + trees the Winter is
breaking down constanly and the ground
covered some 4 in deep with snow hail
and ice stoped sleeting + the sleet
melted from the trees

Friday 25 Jan 1861 verry cloudy all day
the snow + sleet melts verry slow
choped at Fulford place

Satursday 26 Jan 1861 Rained all last
night verry hard waters up verry
high snow melt verry slow