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days ago S>-- Sim : Stuart's game-keeper kill'd an wood-cock 

 in the moors. Not true. 



ii. Gathered my second & last peach: it was from 

 a different tree from y e first, but seems to be the same 

 sort. 



13. Bagg'd-up between 40, & 50 bunches of black 

 Grapes in Crape. Ty'd-up all the best endives for blanch- 

 ing : they are but small. 



Procured several Cranberry-plants from bean's pond 

 with berries on them. 



15. Fine Autumn weather for many days. 



Sept r - 16. Gathered some good white Grapes. 



Took-in the Hand-glasses, & cut the two last melons ; 

 not ripe. 



17 : 1 8. Went down to Ringmer. The second day 

 there was a moderate rain for eight Hours, during which 

 I lay-by at Brighthelmstone. 



In a lane towards the sea near a village call'd Whiting 

 not far from y e above-named town I discovered a shrub 

 of the rose kind, that had heps of a jet-black Colour, & 

 very beautiful small pinnated leaves. As the leaves re- 

 sembled those of Burnet, quae : if this was not the Burnet- 

 rose, which I think is said to grow wild. As it was quite 

 out of bloom. I had not y e satisfaction of seeing the 

 flower. 



I saw a flower afterwards, & it was white & single. 



On the poorer parts of y e Sussex-downs I saw the 

 smaller Burnet in plenty ; but it had shed it's seeds. I 

 find the rich pasture-grounds at Ringmer very bare of 

 Grass : they seem to have suffered by the drought this 

 summer as much as in any parts of the Country. 



Ladies-bedstraw frequently in flower on the downs ; 

 & a thistle with an echinated head, & little down to y 6 

 seeds. 



Sep r - 20. Discovered plenty of the prickly rest-harrow 

 (Anonis) & dier's broom, both in bloom & pod, in the 

 pasture-fields at Ringmer. 



M"- Snooke's grapes are very good ; especially the 



