Register of Natural Appearances. 135 



On the 19th of April 1808 there was a heavy fall of snow 

 for four hours. 



1808. — A fine productive harvest, and but little blight. 



Last week in April 1809, very cold, wet, frosty, and unpleas- 

 ant weather. 



May 1809 came in very fine and hot. 



1813. — An immensely productive harvest, and a general 

 thanksgiving for it. 



January 4th 1814, the deepest snow that has been known for 

 40 years began, and it continued on the ground for five weeks : at 

 some places the drifts were 15 feet high. The frost continued 

 12 weeks to March 20. 1814. 



1816. — From April 12th to 15th snowreraained on the ground, 

 and the weather was exceedingly cold and frosty. 



1816. — September 3d, a hard frost which produced ice. 



1817. — The month of August very wet, succeeded in Septem- 

 ber by fine harvest weather till November. 



1818. — May 8th, a deluge of rain fell, after which no more 

 rain fell at Treveroux or near, till September 5th, 17 weeks and 

 one day, and all vegetation was completely burnt up. 



1819. — October 22d, Snow six inches deep. 



1822. — No rain from May 2d to July 5th, nine weeks of very 

 hot days. 



1823. — Rain little or much every day from June 29th to Au- 

 gust 15th. — 47 days. 



1824. — A very wet summer, but not cold ; crops of corn 

 slight of hay heavy. 



1825. — Sold the produce of 12 acres of hops for 5s. 



1826 and 1827.— Two fine summers. 



1828.— -Very heavy rain every day fVom July 6th to August 

 14th. 



1829.-^Though the 9th of April is stated as the day on which 

 oat-sowing was finished, yet an experiment was tried, by sowing 

 white gate field with black Tartar oats, on the third of May. 

 The weather was much against them at first, but they turned 

 out very well, and were carried in on the 7th of October. 



Rained more or less every day from the 16th of June to 

 20th September, except on four days, the 23d and 24th of July, 

 and the 3d and 4th of September. 



