RECORDS OF THE SEASONS, PRICES, AND 

 PHENOMENA, 



RELATING TO 



3gruulture in tljt asrtttel) 



B.C. 



720 The first eclipse of the moon on record happened on 



March 19 (Hone]. 

 55 August 30. A violent gale off the British coast when 



Julius Caesar landed. 

 A.D. 



47 or 48 Was a very severe famine (Anglo Saxon Chronicle}. 

 94 A great piece of kalendar wood appeared to be on fire, 



but in the morning there appeared no such token (query 



Aurora borealis) ; and in Angus it rained frogs (Holin- 



shed). 



220 A great frost in England lasting five months (Lowe). 

 230 The river Thames at London frozen over for six weeks 



(some authors say A.D. 250) (Lowe). 

 245 In Lincolnshire many thousand acres were flooded by 



the sea which have never been recovered (Camderi). 

 272 Dreadful famine. People obliged to eat the bark of 



trees. 



291 Most English rivers frozen for six weeks (Lowe). 

 300 Great famine in Scotland. 



