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the most practical, yet his knowledge of the terms may 

 be deficient. Young rooks on the terrace. Dust flies 

 in the roads. 



" Wednesday, April 22nd. Had Mr. Young, a journey- 

 man, come to work, but sadly troubled with an asthma. 

 Recommended him to smoke the stramonium (because 

 it is now the popular remedy). Saw a large blowing 



fly- 



" Thursday, April 23rd. The first leaf of my white 

 grape appears. 



"Friday, April 24th. Walked in Northfleet Cliffs. 

 Found a gooseberry- tree in full flower. Got it up, and 

 transplanted it in my garden. Dry bleak weather all 

 the month. White periwinkle in bloom. Saw several 

 water-efts in the ponds of Northfleet Cliffs. 



" Saturday, April 25th. Met Mr. Masterman, who 

 said he saw two or three swallows (the first) fly to the 

 westward to-day ; that he had seen a cuckoo, and that 

 a nightingale had been caught by Bowie. Cowslip in 

 bloom. 



"Monday, April 27^. -Three troops of the 7th' 

 Regiment Dragoon Guards came into town from 

 Sittingbourne in their way to Romford, and thence 

 to Northampton. Saw two or three swallows at 

 Northfleet. Nightingale heard. 



" Tuesday, April 28th. More of the 7th Dragoons 

 came. A ship, the Minstrel, Capt. Reed, with 140 

 women and some boys, convicts, came down, bound 

 to Botany Bay. Sent out to Mr. Lewin, at Sydney, 

 the ' Monthly Magazine ' for March, 1812. Marched 

 through the town, having halted half an hour, the 

 2nd Regiment of Somerset Militia of 700 men in their 

 way to Nottingham. They came from Chatham, having 



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