iSoO,. Regz^er of the Weather in i']gg^ i^y 



Augiifl. 



A fud month this for the hufbandman ; there beinjr 

 not lefs than fixteen days of heavy rain, of which, that on 

 the 17th, 1 8th, and 3 lit days, was ahnoll beyond example 

 cxceifive. The 23d was in an equal degree deftru6tive, 

 from the wind being tremendoufly high from the weft, 

 doing damage to every crop, particularly to the potatoes, 

 which never recovered the j.hock. Very little appearance 

 of harveft, and the crops greatly laid, and out of order, 

 having been in a confulerable degree iitxuriant previous 

 to this. Turnip land (unlefs in very dry foils) all gone 

 wrong, as well as the fallows. Great accounts, however, 

 pf the crop in the newfpapers, and, a^ ufual, a bountiful 

 prognqftication of plenty ! 



September. 



In general, pretty fair weather till the 1 2th ; when it 

 began to rain, and lafled, with little intermiffion, ten 

 days. Sunday the 22d was an exceeding cold ftormy 

 day •, but, from this to the end, remarkable iine harvell 

 weather. All the neighbourhood of Edinburgh were 

 fliearing on the 23d, but very few before that \ and a 

 great deal of work v/as done. Shearers, altliough dearer 

 than ufuil, were to be had in abundance. No (hearing, 

 however, in the muirlands all this month. It was univerr- 

 fally remarked, that, however bulky the crop appeared, 

 it was cut down with comparatively little trouble j the 

 ftraw, being foft, gave little refiftance to the hooks ; and, 

 in fa61:, was bound up into lefs bulk than its appearance 

 indicated. The fecond crop of clover having very gene- 

 rally failed, many farmers were under the neceffity of eat- 

 ing up, with their farm-horfes, that flock of hay which 

 would have otherwife gone to market j and feveral fields 

 of peas went alfo to the fame ufe ; which v/as, in fatl, 

 only confuming fodder, as there v/as very little grain on 

 that defcription of crop. 



October. 



I ft. An uncommon fine day ; 2d, fair till noon, theji 

 rain ; 3^' 3 ftormy cold day, few of the fliearers could 

 keep the i.jld ; 4th, exceeding bitter cold blafts •, 5 th, a 

 fine work day ; 6th and 7th, rain throughout j 8th, pth, 



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