( '94 ) 



A comet (Townsend). 



A long dry warm summer (Collinson). 



Rainfall at Lyndon, 24-1 in. August, 07 in. Octo- 

 ber, o'6 in. November, 4-9 in. December, 3-6 in. 



Thunderstorms, June 3, July 8, July n, very violent. 



December i. Snow 5 in. deep, wind E., frost (Miles). 



Violent hurricane (Boyle). 



July i. Earthquake at Taunton. Lightning at the 

 time. It extended from Exeter to Crewkerne, and from 

 the Channel to the Severn (Forster). 



Cattle disease very violent. 



1748 Wheat, 37^. per qr. of nine bushels (Smith). 

 Wheat, 32,$-. io</. per qr. (Tovey). 



Hot summer (Penny Magazine). 



Two comets (Townsend). 



August 4. Swarm of locusts visited England, and con- 

 sumed the vegetables (Townsend). 



January 3. Snow. Hard frost from December 29th, 

 1747, to January loth. January 29. Multitudes of 

 sheep lost under the snow in Derbyshire and Sussex. An 

 excessively cold month. February, from i$th to 26th, 

 cold, especially i5thand i6th. June n. Thunderstorm \ 

 also 1 2th and 27th, a flash of lightning killed 320 ewes, 

 killed lying fifty yards in length, twenty in breadth, and 

 a man forty yards off at Crawfurd. 



July. Very hot. 23rd. Greatest flood ever known, 

 with hail, thunder and lightning (Lowe). 



Rainfall at Lyndon, 17*2 in. February, 0*4 in. June, 

 3 - o in. July, 3*5 in. September, o'6 in. November, 

 o'4 in. 



October 10. A gale in Norfolk, with thunder, lightning 

 and much snow. November n and 14. Severe frost. 

 December 15. A hurricane, with much snow and rain. 

 1 6th. A gale doing much damage. 



1749 Wheat, 37^. per qr. of nine bushels (Smith). 

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



