wide moat on my left. On
the right open fields with distant
lines of trees & woods crowning a
hill. Two Thrushes the only birds 
heard singing. A few Jackdaws
& many Swifts about the
Cathedral. Dozens of curious-
looking, small jet black tame
Ducks & a few white ones besides
a wing-clipped male Pochard
swimming in moat.
  The cathedral unornamented &
to my eye neither beautiful
nor impressive but very large
& in fine preservation. The
old gateway & the Bishops
walled & turreted garden with 
its wide moat very fine &
suggestive of medieval times.
Two nests (with birds) of House
Martin plastered on stone wall of
store over main street of Wells.
July 4 Wells
  A superb day, cloudless from
morning to night without a drop
of rain.
  Visited the Bishop's palace and
garden about noon, the Cathedral
and garden in the afternoon.
The Cathedral very fine but not
as impressive as that at either
Chester or Hereford perhaps because
it is in almost perfect condition.
It has a wonderful clock with
two warders armed with maces, an
effigy of Charles II, and some
figures of mounted knights. The
warders, which are on the outer wall
strike the hours & quarters on bells
with their maces & King Charles on
the inner wall kicks his heels
against two bells while the 
knights gallop about and slash
at each other with their swords.
The ornithology of the day is
noted fully in my journal.