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A comet (Townsend). 



January 19. So wet and mild a winter had scarce 

 been seen in man's memory. June 2. Such storms, 

 rain, and foul weather seldom known at this time of the 

 year. The storms being succeeded by excessive hot 

 weather many grew sick. 2oth. An extraordinary sea- 

 son of violent and sudden rain (Evelyn). 



July 13. The season very rainy. December 29. 

 Little appearance of winter as yet (Evelyn). 



Rainfall at Townley, 50*4 in. Jan., 47 in. Feb., 

 o - 2 in. March, 57 in. May, 4*4 in. June, 47 in. 

 Aug., 87 in. Sept., 57 in. Nov., 7*1 in. (Townley). 



1687 Wheat, 25.?. 2d. per qr. of nine bushels (Smith). 

 Wheat, 22s. ^d. per qr. (Tovey). 



May 12. This day there was such a storm of wind 

 as had seldom happened, being a sort of hurricane. It 

 kept the flood out of the Thames, so that people went on 

 foot over several places above Bridge. Also an earth- 

 quake in several places in England about the time of the 

 storm. June 23. Hitherto a very windy and tempest- 

 uous summer (Evelyn). 



August 15. Hatfield, Yorkshire, 2 p.m., a water- 

 spout. The season very dry and extremely hot (Km. 

 de la Pry me). 



The low and declining state of prices produced con- 

 siderable distress among the landed interest (Tooke). 



1688 Wheat, 46*. per qr. of nine bushels (Smith). 

 Wheat, 40^. lod. per qr. (Tovey). 



April 15. A dry, cold, backward spring, easterly 

 winds. 29th. The weather was till now so cold and 

 sharp by an almost perpetual east wind which had con- 

 tinued many months that there was little appearance of 

 any spring, and yet the winter was very favourable as to 

 frost and snow. November 18. It was now very hard 

 frost (Eveylri). 



Labourers' daily wages, %d. 



