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 I5th 

 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 sun- 

 shine. 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 frequent 

 interruptions of rain ; from the middle of October to the end of the 

 year almost incessant rains. 



