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The year 1756 bore alfo fome refemblance to 1793, for the 

 fpring was variable, the fummer wet, and the autumn va- 

 riable. 



Mr. Barker of Lyndon in England remarked that 1792 was 

 the wetteft year that occurred fince 1782. The mean height of 

 the barometer at Lyndon is 29,4 and the mean annual rain is 

 about 23 ; but this year there fell 29,4 inches. The mean height 

 of the barometer in March was about -^ below its ftandard 

 height. 



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