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weather from the fouth and weft points, whllft the temperature 

 of the air was generally moderate. The day, (azd,) on which the 

 thunder and lightning occurred, a very heavy hail fliower fell. 

 The temperature of the air in May was generally cold, with a 

 good deal of blowing weather and frequent fhowers ; to the 

 frequency of which however the quantity of rain that fell did not 

 bear any proportion. The weather of ^ime was in general cold ; 

 there were only two or three days that could be called genially 

 warm ; and during the night of the tenth a degree of refrige- 

 ration took place which fliffened the cloth on the tieach- fields. 

 The coolnefs of this month may be imputed partly to the preva- 

 lence of north-weft winds, and partly to the fky being often co- 

 vered with clouds, which damped the energy of the folar rays. 

 The winds in July were generally moderate, and the air dry, 

 commonly hot, fometimcs fultry. In AttguR^ though feveral 

 fliowery days are noted, yet the rain was upon the whole very 

 inconfiderable. From the 15th of July to the 12th of this month 

 the weather with little interruption wjs very hot; and the tem- 

 perature of the air, in the reft of thefe two months, was in its 

 general charader rather warm, with winds for the moft part very 

 moderate in their force. September was in general a boifterous 

 month, having feveri! fqually g;iles, the greateft from the north- 

 weft, always accompanied wi'.h rain, and fometimes with hail 

 and thunder and lightning. OBober, like the moft of September, 



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