"Idem, but windy."
Aha! here, then, we have a man who knew Latin in the Year of our Lord 1727. "Idem"—that is such a good word that he uses it often, and it has a good sound, too. Through January, February, March he attends daily to this high duty, and tells us how it was:
"A bright morning, but a dull day.
"Windy.
"Cool."
On the 27th, "Much rain, a violent storm, snow'd up."
In April things change. His interest flags. He does not write down his record every day. Has W. S. grown lazy? Is it too warm for assiduous tasks, or has a new element come into his life? Let us see. He begins April:
"1. A clearer day.
"2. Set my clock forward 20 m.
"3. Lethfield arrived from London."