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8.9.39

Hot. Blackberries not ripe yet. Have lifted the remained of the early potatoes, which are very poor, only about 5 potatoes to a root. 8 eggs. [NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS] Curing a Goat Skin. – The skin should be as free from … Continue reading

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31.10.38

Ditto. One egg. Inside bad again. Fruit on sale here much resembling a strawberry, but full of pips & has an unpleasant sour taste. Put paraffin on water in the fountain yesterday. About 30 square feet, & about a cupful … Continue reading

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September 8, 1938, Gibraltar

Weather mostly hot & nights sometimes uncomfortably so. Sea variable mostly rather choppy. When no wind fish visible at least 10 feet below surface. The Barbary Ape is said to be now very rare at Gibraltar & the authorities are … Continue reading

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August 12

Very hot in the morning. In the afternoon sudden thunder-storm & very heavy rain. About 50 yards from the gate the road & pavement flooded a foot deep after only 1 1/2 hours rain. Blackberries beginning to redden.

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August 11

This morning all surfaces, even indoors, damp as a result of mist. A curious deposit all over my snuff-box, evidently residue of moisture acting on lacquer. Very hot, but rain in afternoon. Am told the men caught another snake this … Continue reading

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