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the like has not been felt since the great storm of 1703. 

 The lowlands in Gloucestershire and Somersetshire over- 

 flowed, and abundance of sheep, etc., were drowned. 

 Great deal of thunder and lightning. 



June 21. Great drought in West of England. July 

 2. Very violent thunderstorm at Bristol in the evening. 

 August 2. Violent gale, with great rainfall, London. 3rd. 

 Flood at Tunbridge Wells. Heavy rains from September 

 28 to October 3 caused floods doing great damage. 

 October 18. Great flood. December i. Violent gale, 

 i 6th. Gale. 



1738 Wheat, $$s. 6d. per qr. of nine bushels (Smith). 

 Wheat, 31*. 6d. per qr. (Tovey). 



April dry and cold ; great showers between May and 

 end of June, which occasioned the rotting of great num- 

 bers of sheep (Ellis). 



January 4. Severe thunderstorm with a sudden violent 

 wind, which destroyed Walcot Church, Bath. i4th. 

 Violent gale in Scotland. 25th. Gale. February 2. 

 Gale. July 25. Dreadful thunderstorm, with hail as big 

 as walnuts, at Dunstable, St. Albans, Uxbridge, Bungay, 

 Marlborough, Reading, etc. August 5th, at Harlow. 



Great drought from August till September 7 (Dr. Short). 



Great meteor August 29, at 5 p.m., sun shining brightly. 



Rainfall at Lyndon, Rutland, 1 7-2 in. February, o'6 in. 

 July, o'6 in. November, 07 in. (Barker). 



Earthquake in December, in Yorkshire (Lowe). 



1739 Wheat, 38 s. per qr. of nine bushels (Smith). 

 Wheat, 34.$-. 2d. per qr. (Tovey).. 



Wet autumn. A hard frost, for nine weeks, began 

 December 24 (O. A.). 



Thames frozen. This is called the hard winter ( ). 



A comet (Townsend). 



A very wet season (Brumham). 



Severity of frost beyond precedent. A few days after 

 it began there arose a very high wind which did great 



