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1858. — There was an extraordinary rainfall at Ross on August 13th, such 

 as only occurs in one place in a long period, 3.84 in. of rain falling in the day, 

 out of which nearly 3 in. fell in CO minutes ! The lower streets were three feet 

 deep in water, and the roads so washed up as to look as if newly stoned. 



18G0. — Very wet June and August. Wettest year since 1852. 



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The meeting was attended by the following ladies and gentlemen : Dr. Bull, 

 the president for the day ; Sir Geo. H. Come wall, Bart., honorary secretary ; Dr. 

 Wright, F.R.S.E., F.G.S., and vice-president to the Cotswold Naturalists' Field 

 Club; Richard Hereford, Esq, Jtoiss Hereford, and Miss Alice Hereford; the 

 Rev. ,Tas. Davies, Moor Court, and Mr. J. H. Davies ; the Rev. Thos. Phillipps, 

 Mrs. Phillipps, Mr. J. Phillipps, Miss Phillipps, and Miss Penelope Phillipps ; 

 John Lloyd, Esq. , and Mrs. Lloyd; Dr. Chapman, Abergavenny; Rev. R. H. 

 Williams ; Mrs. Jones, Mount Craig, Miss Eckley, and Miss Fanny Eckley ; 

 Arthur Armitage, Esq., and the Rev. J. J. Pegler, Knighton; Thomas Cam, 

 Esq. ; the Rev. A. G. Jones and Miss Jones ; the Rev. John Goss, Mrs. Hanbury, 

 Miss Rudd, and Miss Taylor; James Davies, Esq., Mrs. Davies, and Miss 

 Davies; Capt. Manly Power; T. Curley, Esq., F.G.S., and Henry Haywood, 

 Esq. ; W. Wellesley, Esq. ; Rev. W. S. Stanhope ; John Lingen, Esq., and Miss 

 Lingen ; the Rev. H, W. Tweed ; the Rev. Bernard H. Marshall, Mrs. Marshall, 

 and Miss Matthews ; the Rev. E. J. Owen ; J. Griffith Morris, Esq., and Mrs. 

 Morris; Miss Fox, Birkenhead; Dr. Jones, Ross; R. Vassar Smith, Esq., and 

 Miss Smith ; Alfred Purchas, Esq., and Mrs. Purchas ; Thos. Blake, Esq. ; Mr. 

 Henry Southall ; Mr. John Pitt, Miss Pitt, and Miss Griffin, Hartlebury ; 

 Miss C. Thompson ; Mr. Price and Mrs. Price ; Mr. Thomas Adams ; Mr. 

 Henry Hall ; Mr. Douglass ; Mr. B. W. Watkins, and Mr. Arthur Thompson. 



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