( 198) 



March 15. Much damage done by a very high wind 

 in London. 



August 20. Great storm of thunder and lightning with 

 a whirlwind at Vauxhall, where it lifted two boats out of 

 the Thames (Boyle). 



September. Upwards of 10,000 sheep died in Wales, 

 occasioned by heavy rains (Boyle). 



December 22. A frost commenced. Till this day it 

 had been uncommonly mild. 3oth. The road from 

 Bristol to Oxford so flooded, the coaches stopped travel- 

 ling along it (Lowe). 

 1753 Wheat, 44*. &d. per qr. of nine bushels (Smith). 



Wheat, 395. M. per qr. (Tovey). 



Fowls, is. $d. per couple ; beef, 2f d. per Ib. ; bacon, 

 6d. per Ib. ; butter, 6d. per Ib. 



Servant maids' wages, ^3 a year (Reliqtiary). 



The statutes to prevent the spreading of the distemper 

 which raged among horned cattle enforced in Somerset 

 every year since 1747, except in 1750 (Orders of Quarter 

 Sessions). 



June 7. Shock of an earthquake between n and 12 

 p.m. in N.W. of England (Boyle). 



Rainfall at Lyndon. July, 2*6 in. August, 3*4 in. 

 September, 07 in. December, 3-9 in. 



Rainfall at Lyndon, 22*2 in. At Norwich, 26*8 in. 

 (Barker). 



January. Hail, snow, and gales. 



January 24. Severe frost continuing till middle of 

 February, with snow. February 17. A flood caused by 

 sudden rain melting the snow. Many houses were 

 washed away, most of the bridges destroyed, and many 

 persons, horses, and cows drowned. March i. Snow, 

 nth to 3ist. Gales. 24th. A flood. April i, 2, and 

 29. Gales. 3, 6, 8, 10, 11, 29. Hail. May n, 15, i8> 

 21. Hail. 13, 14, 15, 1 6, 20. Gales. From 22nd to 

 26th. Hot. June 2. Weather very sultry. Great hail- 



