July. The weather was so excessively hot for the most 

 part of this month that it was scarcely tolerable ; horses 

 dying on the roads ; much mischief by lightning. Au- 

 gust. Great meteor. October 27. Aurora borealis. 

 28th to 3oth. A gale. December 8. A very large meteor 

 (Lowe). 



1734 Wheat, 38*. 10^. per. qr. of nine bushels (Smith). 

 Wheat, 305. gd. per qr. (Tovey). 



Exported this year 70,224 qrs. barley, 223,174 qrs. 

 malt, 3,038 qrs. oatmeal, 10,735 <F$. rye, 49 8 > T 95 <l rs - 

 wheat, on which a bounty was allowed of ^163,476 

 (Boyle). 



Rainfall at Plymouth, 37-114 in. (Gilbert White). 



Earthquake in Ireland in August that destroyed 100 

 houses and five churches (Townsend). 



July 13. Great rain. August 9 and 10. Thunder. 

 nth and 26th, and November 26; Gale. October i. 

 Violent rain at Chester; great flood' on the Dee. 25th. 

 Earthquake on the south coast. 



Necessity has compelled our farmers to more carefulness 

 and frugality in laying out their money than they were 

 accustomed to do in better times (W. Allen^ Esq.). 



1735 Wheat, 43 s. per qr. of nine bushels (Smith). 

 Wheat, 38.5-. 2d. per qr. (Tovey). 



January 8. Great hurricane ; great and general rot 

 in sheep, the carcases a great nuisance in the 1 highways. 

 The most general rot in the memory of man. Thousands 

 not worth offering for sale. One of the wettest seasons 

 I ever knew. 100 sheep sold at Leigh ton market at 6d. 

 each (Ellis). 



January 8. So violent a gale has not beeff known 

 since the memorable one of November, 1703; gales and 

 inundations general throughout England : barometer at 

 noon, 27-9, 



Very cold summer. During June and July there were 

 but few fair days. 



