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In England, and parallel latitudes, up to the end of April, 

 there has, on the contrary, been an excess of rain. Since then, 

 the weather has been extremely dry and hot. 



Haymaking commenced in Berwickshire on the 19th of 

 May. Green peas appeared in Covent Garden Market on 

 May 14. (See] Gard. Mag. 9 vol. ix. p. 382.); and it is said 

 that, but for the frosty nights of April 12 — 19., they would 

 have been ready by May 10., within five days of the earliest 

 period known. 



On May 24., the springs were so low in London that the 

 pumps were dry. At Durham, on that day, the thermometer 

 was 70° (Fahr.) in the shade ; and no rain had fallen for a 

 month. A north-east wind, on the 27th, reduced the tem- 

 perature to 59°. 



In Holland, the heat, in May, was excessive. On the 

 17th, at Amsterdam, the thermometer stood at 84°; at the 

 Hague, same day, 80° ; a thunder-storm followed. 



On May 2., the river Bug was so low, that one hundred 

 and forty barges were detained, on their way to Dantzic, for 

 want of water. 



On the same day, three shocks of an earthquake occurred 

 at Trinidad. 



On May 3., the ice was suddenly driven down the Neva, 

 from Lake Ladoga; and all the bridges, in consequence, 

 were carried away. 



The whole of the above facts, though the ice may have 

 brought cold with it, point out some extraordinary terrestrial 

 heat. 



As a singular coincidence with the occurrence of earth- 

 quakes, it may be mentioned, that, on Feb. 19., whilst the 

 latitude of 22° north and 79° west long, was shaken by earth- 

 quakes, the ship Columbia, from Batavia, was visited by a 

 contemporaneous hurricane in 22° sotith lat. and 79° east 

 long. ; a circumstance particularly curious. 



The 11th and 12th of June have been rendered remark- 

 able by a hurricane, which has left too recent evidences to 

 require further observation. All along this coast, its ravages 

 are very great. The trees and shrubs are burnt and withered 

 by the wind. I have, in this instance, seen the same effects 

 of salt spray, as mentioned above, under the date of 

 March 22. This hurricane was preceded, on the previous 

 day, which was very hot, by a sea fog driving up Poole har- 

 bour from the north-eastward ; directly contrary to the wind, 

 which, on that day, as on the 11th and 1 2th, was from the 

 south-west. If my conjectures be founded on fact, we shall, 

 perhaps, hear of some convulsion elsewhere. 



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