SUMMARY OF THE WEATHER. 



1768 begins with a fortnight's frost and snow; rainy during 

 February. Cold and wet spring; wet season from the be- 

 ginning of June to the end of harvest. Latter end of Sep- 

 tember 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 i4th and 

 1 5th 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, checquered 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- 



