Saturday 30 July 1836

The Rain cont^d without the least intermission, all Thursday

Night, but at 6, A,M, of Yest^dy it clear’d up, Yet,

still remains very unsettled, sometimes We have it fine,

and pleasant, for an Hour, or two, together, then a

black Cloud will come, sweeping over our Heads, in a

violent Squall, from the Westward, pelting down

heavy Showers of Rain and Hail, accomp^d with Lightning,

while the Wind, keeps shifting about, from W,N,W, to S,S,W,  ___