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warm. To the 6th July, hot weather, with frequent rain. To the 

 1 8th July, dry hot weather. To August 8, hot weather, with fre- 

 quent 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 16, 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 began with hard frost, and continued throughout with 

 alternate frost and thaw. The first part of December frosty : the 

 latter part mild. 



1783. To January 1 6, rainy with heavy winds. To the 24th, 

 hard frost. To the end of the first fortnight in February, blowing, 

 with much rain. To the end of February, stormy dripping weather. 

 To the gth of May, cold harsh winds (thick ice on fth of May). 

 To the end of August, hot weather, with frequent showers. To the 

 23rd September, mild, with heavy driving rains. To November 12, 



