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1676 Wheat, 38^. per qr. of nine bushels (Smith). 

 Wheat, 33J. 9^. per qr. (Tovey). 



October 31. A prodigious and dangerous mist. 

 December 10. There fell so deep a snow as I re- 

 member not to have seen the like. lyth. More snow 

 falling, I was not able to get to church (Evelyn). 



September 20. A large meteor at 7 p.m. as light as 

 noonday (Dr. Wallis). 



June 1 6. A hailstorm at Dunstal i \ miles long, J mile 

 broad ; some of the stones 4 inches about (Lowe). 



1677 Wheat, 42^. per qr. of nine bushels (Smith). 

 Wheat, 37^. ^d. per qr. (Tovey). 



A comet (Townsend). 



Rainfall, Townley, Lancashire, 43*6 in. January, 4*7 

 ia June, 5-2 in. August, 4-8 in. November, 4-3 in. 

 December, 4*0 in. (Lowe). 



Earthquake at Wolverhampton (Lowe). 



1678 Wheat, 59^. per qr. of nine bushels (Smith). 

 Wheat, 525-. $d. perqr. (Tovey). 



An excessive hot autumn (Evelyn). 

 A dearth (Audrey). 

 July 12. Mock sun (Lowe). 

 Several earthquakes (Mallei). 



Rainfall at Townley, 427 in. May, 5-8 in. September, 

 5 '3 in. October, 6-4 in. December, o'6 in. (Lowe). 



1679 Wheat, 6os. per qr. of nine bushels (Smith). 

 Wheat, 53^. 4^. per qr. (Tovey). 



October 6. A very wet and sickly season (Evelyn). 



Very hot. No rain from May all the summer (Lowe). 



August 28. Mock sun (Lowe). 



Rainfall at Townley, 38-2 in. January, 0*4 in. April, 

 0*9 in. August, 8*3 in. September, 5*5 in. 



October, 6*2 in. December, 4*4 in. (Lowe). 



In January a singular darkness occurred at noonday, 

 which prevented persons reading without the aid of 

 candles (Boyle). 



