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cool with heavy showers. To the igth July, hot, sultry, 

 parching weather. To the end of the month, heavy showers. 

 To the end of September, dry warm weather. To the end of 

 the year wet, with considerable intervals of sunshine. 



1779. Frost and showers to the end of January. To 

 2ist April, warm dry weather. To 8th May, rainy. To 7th 

 June, dry and warm. To the 6th July, hot weather, with 

 frequent rain. To the i8th July, dry hot weather. To 

 August 8, hot weather, with frequent rains. To the end of 

 August, fine dry harvest weather. To the end of November, 

 fine autumnal weather, with intervals of rain. To the end of 

 the year, rain with frost and snow. 



1780. To the end of January, frost. To the end of 

 February, dark, harsh weather, with frequent intervals of frost. 

 To the end of March, warm showery spring weather. To 

 the end of April, dark, harsh weather, with rain and frost. 

 To the end of the first fortnight in May, mild, with rain. 

 To the end of August, rain and fair weather in pretty equal 

 proportions. To the end of October, fine autumnal weather, 

 with intervals of rain. To the 24th November, frost. To 

 December 1 6, mild dry foggy weather. To the end of the 

 year frost and snow. 



1781. To January 25, frost and snow. To the end of 

 February, harsh and windy, with rain and snow. To April 5, 

 cold, drying winds. To the end of May, mild spring weather, 

 with a few light showers. June began with heavy rain, but 

 thence to the end of October, dry weather, with a few flying 

 showers. To the end of the year, open weather with frequent 

 rains. 



1782. To February 4, open mild weather. To February 22, 

 hard frost. To the end of March, cold blowing weather, with 

 frost and snow and rain. To May 7, cold dark rains. To 

 the end of May, mild, with incessant rains. To the end of 

 June, warm and dry. To the end of August, warm, with 

 almost perpetual rains. The first fortnight in September 

 mild and dry ; thence to the end of the month, rain. To 

 the end of October, mild with frequent showers. November 



