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Hired an upper maid at $ 5^. per'annum (Diary of 

 Thomas Smith, Esq.). 



1723 Wheat, 34^. Sd. per qr. of nine bushels (Smith). 

 Wheat, 30^. lod. per qr. (Tovey). 



Hot summer (Penny Magazine). 



Very dry year. 



Rainfall in February, 0^5 in. March 0*2 in. (Horsley). 



Aurora borealis, August 20, October 20. 



1724 Wheat, 37^. per qr. of nine bushels (Smith). 

 Wheat, 32.$-. lod. per qr. (Tovey). 



A very great flood in February (Easton). 

 October and November. Wind N. and N.E. at 

 Plymouth (Lowe). 



1725 Wheat, 485-. 6d. per qr. of nine bushels (Smith). 

 Wheat, 43 .$. id. per qr. (Tovey). 



Drought from middle of January till middle of April. 

 It was drier than ever known in this country. Cold 

 and very wet from middle of April till August 27. 

 Great flood at Ketton, June IT and 12. August 23. 

 Twenty-four hours' heavy rain, causing a flood in the 

 meadows for four or five days ; garden stuff one month 

 later than usual ; scarcely any kidney beans, no cater- 

 pillars or flies, fruits scarcely ripened, corn very dear, 

 very warm spring till April (Lowe). 



1726 Wheat, 46*. per qr. of nine bushels (Smith). 

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



Greatest flood ever known in Salisbury, water rose a 

 foot high in the Cathedral (Easton). 



March 8. River Thames four inches higher than had 

 been known for 40 years (Jones). 



Aurora borealis, October 3, 4, 8, 26 (Derham). 



October 25. Severe earthquake at Dorchester and 

 other places (Derham). 



1727 Wheat, 42*. per qr. of nine bushels (Smith). 

 Wheat, 37J. 4^. per qr. (Tovey). 



An earthquake in several parts of England (Old 

 Almanack). 



