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ception of light showers on the 23d, no rain fell after the 9th 

 of the month. 



July commenced with a warm day and genial showers, but 

 not with sufficient moisture to do any material good. The 

 remainder of the month was fine, with occasional light 

 showers up to the 28th, when the sun was eclipsed. After 

 this it was remarkably cool for the season. August, with the 

 exception of six or eight days, continued cool throughout, 

 with sunny weather, and only three or four light showers, 

 quite insufficient to aid the suffering vegetation. September 

 set in cool with a raw east wind ; but warm weather fol- 

 lowed, and on the 7th, the mercury reaching 93°. The 9th 

 was again cold with east wind. The 10th to the 13th was 

 warmer. The morning of the 14th was cool, and on the 

 15th and 16th, the thermometer was just at the freezing 

 point (32°), so.,severe in low places as to injure tender vege- 

 tation. On the 21st, the first heavy rain fell since the early 

 part of June ; cool and cloudy weather succeeded, and on the 

 25th a heavy frost, with the thermometer at 26°, killed all 

 tender plants. Cloudy and rainy weather closed the month. 



The earlier part of October was the only pleasant weather 

 of the autumn. Up to the 16th it was fine and warm. The 

 17th was cold with frost, the thermometer 24°, followed by 

 a cold easterly rain on the 19th ; the succeeding week was 

 pleasant, with another cold easterly rain on the 26th, and on 

 the morning of the 27th the ground was covered with two 

 inches of snow, unusual at that early season : still another 

 heavy rain on the 30th, which saturated the ground. No- 

 vember, compared with the same month in 1850, was ex- 

 tremely cool. The temperature was only 28° on the 5th ; 

 18° on the 6th ; and 20° on the 7th, and as low as 12° on 

 the 12th. A cold easterly rain fell on the 15th, and another 

 on the 21st, with snow on the 25th. On the 27th the mer- 

 cury again fell to 18°. The whole month was chilly, and 

 uncomfortable. December set in with a temperature of 16*^ ; 

 10° on the 6th ; with two inches of snow on the 7th, and the 

 thermometer again at 10° on the 11th, with a greater depres- 

 sion on the 13th to 6°. While we now write (the 15th) the 



