( '75 ) 



double of what it had been in the preceding spring 

 (Took). 



1704 Wheat, 46^. 6d. per qr. of nine bushels at Windsor 

 (Smith). 



Wheat, 41 j. ^d. per qr. (Tovey). 



This year has been very plentiful (Evelyn). 



Plenty of grass in the spring, but no rain in June ot 

 July ; grass all burnt up. Very dry autumn (Lisle). 



Rainfall at Upminster, 15*8 in. ; average for past 8 

 years, 29-5 in. (Derham). At Townley average of past 

 8 years, 42*5 in. 



1705 Wheat, 30^. per qr. of nine bushels (Smith). 

 Wheat, 26s. %d. per qr. (Tovey). 



A dry summer ( Winchcomb Parish Register). 



January very wet and rainy. No rain from April to 

 2nd July. Wonderful dry summer (Lisle). 



June. The season very dry and hot. February 21. 

 Remarkable fine weather. March n. An exceeding 

 dry season (Evelyn). 



Gales, March 30, April 5, August n, and September 

 29 (Derham). 



Rainfall at Upminster, 16-9 in. for the year (Derham). 



1706 About this time the kingdom was blest with plenty 

 (Tooke). 



Wheat, 26s. per qr. of nine bushels (Smith). 



Wheat, 23.$-. id. per qr. (Tovey). 



Severe winter (Penny Magazine). 



Dry spring. No rain for three months before harvest 

 (Lisle). 



A comet (Townsend). Rainfall at Upminster, 24-3 

 in. (Derham). 



Another dry summer. A great wind Feb. gth ( Winch- 

 comb Register). 



July 1 6. Began to rain at 8 a.m., and continued 

 incessantly for thirty hours, with thunder and lightning at 

 Denbigh. All the rivers in Denbighshire, Flintshire and 



