134 Regijler of the Weather hi \^%i. April 



Rofes blown on tlie ^tli. Peas bloomed on the 15th. 

 Barley and ownpol on the 20th. 



Atigujl. 



Very inconftant weather, but generally cold and rainy. 

 An exceeding high v/ind on the 25th, which, however, 

 did little damage, the corns in general not being near 

 ripe. Two or three days in the end were dry and wa>»m. 

 A fmall field of wheat cut down on the 28th near Stock- 

 bridge. Very few peas full, but many in full bloom by 

 the end of this month. 



September, 



Tolet'able good weather the hrfl; three days, then 

 thick fogs fucceeded by cold E. winds until the 15th, 

 when a heavy rain came on, which lalted tliree days. 

 From thence cold dry weather, with high wind from the 

 W., and rain alternately till the end. Began to (hear on 

 the 5th; left off from the 14th to the 23d; and again, 

 on the 28th. For want of ripe corn, had no oats cut all 

 this month. Many farmers, within two miles of Edin- 

 burgh, did not begin to fliear till the j^th ; and at five 

 miles diftance, did not fhear at all during September. 



Ocloher. 



In general dry, but cold weather until the 19th, when, 

 after mofl boiHerous wind, there were heavy rains, froft, 

 or fnow, to the end. On the 30th, the fnow lay two in- 

 ches thick all over Mid-Lothian ; a circumftance, how- 

 ever alarming it might be to the country people, on ac- 

 count of the crop, at that time nearly all out in the fields, 

 and much of it to cut down, was an occafion of exulta- 

 tion to the newfmen, who had all along prognofcicated 

 a crop j and who very fapiently remarked, that, by means 

 of the froit and fnow, the public might be alTured of 

 ripe corn, which otherwife, they now confeffed, was 

 very much to have been doubted. 



IS^ovember. 



Very hard frofl till the 14th; from that to the end, 

 frefli and froft alternately. This was a very bufy har- 

 veft month. Many farmers, even within two miles of 

 Edinburgh, had a great deal to cut down. We were all 



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