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 

 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, 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 fortnight in October, in general fine weather, though 

 with frequent interruptions of rain : from the middle 

 of October to the end of the year almost incessant 

 rains. 



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