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The auiiimn was variable Jlightly inclining to wet, if we con- 

 fider the quantity of rain, but flriSlly variable if we attend only 

 to the number of rainy days. 



Comparifon of the Sea/ons, with the Rules of Prognojiication. 



!•• The fpring being variable, the probability of a wet fum- 

 mer was the greateft by the third and fixth table, being -/j, but 

 that of a. variable inclining to wet was the next greateft by the 

 fixth table, being -/j, and adually took place. 



2°' The fummer being variable, the probability of a wet 

 autmun was the greateft by the fourth and eighth table, being j- ^ 

 but as the fummer was variable inclining to wet, the probability 

 of a variable autumn was alfo the greateft, by the ninth table, 

 being i^. 



3*'" A VARIABLE fpring fucceeded by a variable fummer oc- 

 curred but once in 41 years by Dr. Rutty's obfervations, and 

 thefe were fucceeded by a wet autumn, therefore its probability 

 flood fingle, and was but ^'-p by the fifth table ; but variable 

 fprings were feven times followed by wet fummers, and thefe 

 were followed five times out of feven bv variable autumns, as 

 appears alfo by the fifth table ; therefore as this fummer was 

 variable inclining to wet, the probability that it would be fol- 

 lowed by a variable autumn alfo inclining to wet, was the 



greateft 



