SUMMARY OF THE WEATHER. 
1768 begins with a fortnight’s frost and snow; rainy during 
February. Cold and wet spring; wet season from the beginning — 
of June to the end of harvest. Latter end of September fogg 
without rain. All October and the first part of November rainy, 
and thence to the end of the year alternate rains and frosts. 
1769. January and February, frosty and rainy, with gleams of 
fine weather in the intervals. To the middle of March, wind and 
rain. To the end of March, dry and windy. To the middle of 
April, stormy, with rain. To the end of June, fine weather, with 
rain. To the beginning of August, warm, dry weather. To the 
end of September, rainy with short tacervals of fine weather. To 
the latter end of October, frosty mornings, with fine days. The 
next fortnight rainy ; thence to the end of November dry and frosty. 
December, windy, with rain and intervals of frost, and the first 
fortnight very foggy. 
1770. Frost for the first fortnight: during the 14th and 15th all 
the snow melted. To the end of February, mild hazy weather, 
The whole of March frosty, with bright weather. April, cloudy, 
with rain and snow. May began with summer showers, and ended 
with dark, cold rains. June, rainy, chequered with gleams of sun- 
shine. The first fortnight in July, dark and sultry; the latter part 
of the month, heavy rain. August, September, and the first fort- 
night in October, in general, fine weather, though with frequent 
interruptions of rain ; from the middle of October to the end of the 
year almost incessant rains. 
1771. Severe frosts till the last week in January. To the first 
week in February, rain and snow: to the end of February, spring 
weather. To the end of the third week in April, frosty weather. 
