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torrents wlicii the storm was at its lieiglit, and the road between 

 Hitchin and Pirton was in one place about two feet under water, 

 while at Hitchin, three miles off, there was scarcely any rain. At 

 Melbourne, three miles from Royston, a chapel was struck, and 

 a cottage struck and burned down. 



JuA'E. — A very dry mouth, with rain on veiy few days. There 

 was no considerahle fall at any station. 



July. — An excessively wet month, but with rain on no more than 

 the usual number of days. On the 1 8th the fall was considerahle at 

 three stations, and very co7isiderable at two ; great at Bancroft, 

 Hitchin (1-06 in.); veri/ great at Northchurch (1'25 in.), The 

 Grange, St. Albans (r25in.). High Down, Hitchin (1-26 in.), 

 Eosebank, Berkhamsted (l"27in.), and Fairhill, Berkhamsted 

 (I'ol in.) ; heai-1/ at Great Gaddesden (1-56 in.), Nash Mills, Hemel 

 Hempstead (1-58 in.), Frogmore, Watford ( 1*59 in.), Apsley Mills, 

 Hemel Hempstead (l"69in,), Kensworth (1-70 in.), and Gorham- 

 buiy, St. Albans, (IwSin.) ; and veri/ heavy at Moor Park (1-84 in.). 

 On the 20th the fall was considerahle at fourteen stations, very 

 considerable at four, and great at Broxbourne (1-10 in.). On the 

 21st it was considerable at ten stations, and very considerable at ten; 

 great at Hamels Park, Buntingford (r06in.), Bancroft, Hitchin 

 (1-08 in.), and Bennington House (ri5in.); and very great at 

 Throcking Rectory (r33 in.), and Therfield Rectory (1"45 in.). On 

 the 23rd the fall was considerable at eight stations; and on the 27th 

 co?isiderable at twenty-one, and very considerable at six. Most of 

 these heavy falls of rain were due to thunderstorms. At St. 

 Albans, and probably elsewhere, there was one in the night of the 

 18th-19th (really early in the morning of the 19th), to which the 

 rain of the 18th was due, and another in the afternoon when a 

 house in St. Albans was struck and much damaged ; considerable 

 damage was also done to fruit-trees by hail. On the afternoon of 

 Sunday the 21st there was a thunderstorm of great violence in the 

 neighbourhood of Welwyn. Trees were struck by the lightning, 

 and glass and crops were damaged by hail. The hailstones were 

 very large, measuring two inches in circumference. 



August. — Also a very wet month, and with rain on rather more 

 than the usual number of days. On the 3rd the fall was consider- 

 able at nine stations, and very considerable at two ; on the 4th it was 

 considerable at one ; and on the 5th it was considerahle at five. On 

 the 10th it was considerable at seven, very C07isiderable at two, and 

 great at TTeston Park (M8 in.) and Odsey (r24 in.). On the 13th 

 it was considerable at three stations, and very considerable at 

 seventeen; great at Royston (1*01 in.), Gorhambury, St. Albans 

 (1-05 in.). Moor Park (1-07 in.). The Grange, St. Albans (1-08 in.). 

 High Down, Hitchin (1-09 in.), Therfield Rectory (Ml in.), and 

 Apsley Mills, Hemel Hempstead (1-14 in.) ; and very great at If ash 

 Mills, Hemel Hempstead (1*28 in.), Weston Park (1-31 in.), and 

 Moor Park (r35in.). On the 21st it was very considerable at four 

 stations; great at North church (1*02 in.); very great at Elm 

 House, Tring (1-31 in.), Royston (1-33 in.), and Bancroft, Hitchin 



