360 SUMMAKT OF THE WEATHEB. 



STJMMABY OP THE WEATHEE. 



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 October, 

 frosty mornings, with fine days. The next fortnight 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 July, dark and sultry ; the latter part of the 

 month, heavy rain. August, September, and the first fort- 

 night in October, in general fine weather, though with fre- 

 quent interruptions of rain ; from the middle of October to 

 the end of the year, almost incessant rains. 



1771. Severe frosts till the last week in January. To 

 the first week in February, rain and snow ; to the end of 

 February, spring weather. To the end of the third week in 

 April, frosty weather. To the end of the first fortnight in 

 May, spring weather with copious showers. To the end of 



