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Aurora borealis, January 4, 5, March 2, 3, 5. 

 Four mock suns March i ( Whiston). 



1728 Wheat, 54*. 6d. per qr. of nine bushels (Smith). 

 Wheat, 4&r. 5^. per qr. (Tovey). 



January. Great floods. Malt tax ,750,000 ; great 

 dearth 1728-9; severe winter (Lowe). 



Aurora borealis, October 13 (Derham). 



This year and the preceding one there was a great 

 dearth in Ireland (Boyle). 



1729 Wheat, 46^. lod. per. qr. of nine bushels (Smith). 

 Wheat, 415. id. per qr. (Tovey). 



January 24. Began a hard frost which lasted nine 

 weeks (Farmers' Almanack). 



A comet (Townsend) 



July. Most horrible tempests accompanied with such 

 astounding deluges of rain in parts of Spain that the like 

 was never known in any country, and the damages sus- 

 tained were deemed irreparable (M. C.). 



Great thunderstorms in England in June (Monthly 

 Chronicle). 



Great rains and floods in November (Monthly Chron- 

 icle). 



November 4. A whirlwind from north-west at Barford 

 St. Martin, unroofing houses, blowing down trees, etc. 

 (Monthly Chronicle). 



Drought in June (Lowe). 



Bounties on export of corn confirmed (2nd George IL). 



A general sickness from 1725 to 1729 inclusive, was a 

 period of some, though not of a severe, degree of dearth 

 (Tooke). 



1730 Wheat, 36*. 6d. per qr. of nine bushels (Smith). 

 Wheat, 32^. $d. per qr. (Tovey). 



January i. Great fog in London, many lives lost 

 (Lowe). 



Drought in August. 



From 1730 to 1739, both years included, there does 



