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SUMMARY OF THE WEATHER. 



1768. Begins with a fortnight's frost and snow; 

 rainy during February. Cold and wet spring ; wet 

 season from the beginning of June to the end of 

 harvest. Latter end of September foggy, without 

 rain. All October and the first part of November 

 rainy; and thence to the end of the year alternate 

 rains and frosts. 



1769. January and February, frosty and rainy, 

 with gleams of fine weather in the intervals. To 

 the middle of March, wind and rain. To the end 

 of March, dry and windy. To the middle of April, 

 stormy, with rain. To the end of June, fine weather, 

 with rain. To the beginning of August, warm, dry 

 weather. To the end of September, rainy, with short 

 intervals of fine weather. To the latter end of Octo- 

 ber, frosty mornings, with fine days. The next fort- 

 night rainy ; thence to the end of November, dry and 

 frosty. December, windy, with rain and intervals of 

 frost, and the first fortnight very foggy. 



1770. Frost for the first fortnight; during the 

 14th and 15th, all the snow melted. To the end of 

 February, mild, hazy weather. The whole of March 

 frosty, with bright weather. April cloudy, with rain 

 and snow. May began with summer showers, and 

 ended with dark cold rains. June rainy, chequered 

 with gleams of sunshine. The first fortnight in 



