30 A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE CLIMATES, &C. 



1833. Whether the salubrity of the season is at all attri- 

 butable to the very boisterous winds of November and De- 

 cember, we cannot venture to determine. 



March, 1834. A remarkably dry month, with cold N. E. 

 winds. Epidemic catarrh very prevalent. 



The spring and early period of the summer of 1834 very 

 dry. Rain fell on the 4th of June very seasonably for all 

 kinds of vegetation : the rest of the month was showery. — 

 the early part of July was hot, with genial showers ; towards 

 the middle of the month, heavy continued rain and floods. 

 August was generally wet, with a marked and continued 

 decline of temperature towards the end. September was re- 

 markably fine, October seasonable, and November mild and dry. 

 1835. On the 16th and 17th of April, after mild sea- 

 sonable weather, the thermometer fell, at night, to 28°, or 

 four degrees below freezing. Snow fell in London, and ice 

 was seen in many places half an inch thick. This thermo- 

 metric depression seems to have been very general, not only 

 in this country, but in France, and other places. At Bour- 

 deaux, the mercury fell, during the night of the 16th, to 

 25.5, having been for many days previously at 72" or 75." 

 An account of the sudden increase and subsequent rapid decrease 



of temperature which occurred in the month of June, 1835, will be 



found in our 3rd volume, p. 175. 



July and August, 1835, were hot and dry. Rain fell in 

 quantity for the first time for some weeks on the 24th of the 

 latter month : this was followed by a considerable decline of 

 temperature. The last lew days of August and the first 

 week in September were again hot and fine. On the 8th 

 of the latter month heavy rain fell ; the remainder of the 

 month was wet, and the temperature rather low. 



October was cold, cloudy, and, for the most part, wet, 

 with some heavy rain towards the latter end of the month. 

 The early part of November was cold, with heavy rain ; the 

 middle mild, with showers, and fresh S. W. breezes. During 

 the last two days of the month the rain was incessant. The 

 first few days in December were mild. Frost set in severely 

 on the night of the 19th, with snow, which continued, with 

 fog and a beautiful hoar-frost, till the 28th. 



January and February, 1836, were characterised by great 

 alternations of temperature, with much snow and rain. 

 For several interesting remarks upon the spring of 1836, we must 



refer to our 3rd volume, p. 348. W. A. 



