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SUMMARY OF THE WEATHER, 



FROM THE YEAR 1768 to 1793. 



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

 February. Cold arid 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 14th and 15th 

 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. 



