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was a blnflry, wet month, but ihz fevereft weather was at night, 

 November commenced with a florm from north-weft, which di- 

 re<flion of wind prevailed with fome violence, accompanied by 

 heavy fhowers, during the whole month ; but the rain occurred 

 principally in the night, as it had done fince the middle of Sep- 

 tember. There was alfo fome hazy weather ; and fofne thick fogs 

 took place, which condenfed into drops refembling rain. On the 

 25th, after a fhower of round fnow, about eight o'olock at night, 

 a very fudden and (harp fri^orific proctfs began, which, before the 

 return of day, was fucceeded by rain. In the beginning and latter 

 part of December feveral congelations took place, fome of them 

 keen, but generally moderate ; there was a good deal of hazy and 

 foggy weather; and in the middle of the month the air was 

 warm and mellow, producing in the grafs-fields a remarkable 

 verdure. The force of the winds was morlly moderate, fomeiimes- 

 eafy, and when frefh breezes occurred, they were chiefly in fhort 

 and fudden gufts. 



The air was remarfciblv dry during the firll fourteen days of 

 June, by which thf crops feemtd likely to fuffer ; but fortunately 

 fome refielhnia; rain fell the r5th and i6ih, which v^'ry much 

 recruited the thirfly vee;etatioa It was apprehended, th:it a 

 lliarp north-weft wind, which biew on the 20th, would hive 

 fpoiled the potatoes ; but it was afterwards found that they wf^re 



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