Reprints of diaries, journals and memoirs can provide interesting insights into historic periods, for example, the Antiquarian Royal John Leland (1535-43), the diaries of Samuel Pepys (1633-1703), the travels of Ceilia Fiennes (1690) and the writings of Daniel Defoe (c.1704). In addition, agricultural writers such as Arthur Young (1780) provide a vivid account of contemporary farming practices, crop rotation, animal husbandry.