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storm, lasting two hours, at Sherborne, Downton, Bridg- 

 water, etc. Prodigious hailstones {Lowe). 



1754 Wheat, 345. Sd. per qr. of nine bushels {Smith). 

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



Wool, 125. a tod {Arthur Young). 



July 28. Violent storm of thunder, lightning, and hail, 

 doing great damage in Suffolk. Hailstones as big as 

 pigeons' eggs (Boyle). 



The harvests of the four years, from 1752 to 1755, 

 although not attended with any marked deficiency yielded 

 bare average crops (Tooke). 



Wheat, from 27^. to 335. Barley, ifs. to iqs. Oats, 

 1 2 s. 6d. to 1 35. per qr. at Mark Lane. 



1755 Wheat, 33^. lod. per qr. of nine bushels (Smith}. 

 Wheat, 30^. id. per qr. (Tovey). 



November. Earthquake at Lisbon, followed by a very 

 wet winter. Waters in England, Ireland, Scotland and 

 Holland were observed to be agitated on November ist, 

 when the earthquake happened at Lisbon (Hone). 



June 10. Violent thunderstorm at Newcastle. July 

 1 8. An earthquake with a great noise like the report of a 

 cannon in Lincolnshire. September n. The greatest 

 fall of rain ever witnessed in the North of England 

 (Boyle). 



From 1730 to 1:755, was a series of twenty-six years 

 with only one of a decidedly unfavourable character, viz. 

 the winter of 1739-40, followed by a bad harvest (Tooke). 



1756 Wheat, 455. $d. per qr. of nine bushels (Smith). 

 Wheat, 405. id. per qr. (Tovey). 



Great scarcity (Smith). 



Wettest summer in memory of man (Jones). 



October 6. At night happened a most violent hurri- 

 cane at Wigton, such a one perhaps as has not happened 

 in memory of man. It lasted from 1 1 to 3. The damage 

 over the whole county was deplorable. The corn 

 suffered prodigiously. Stacks were entirely swept away. 



