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Wheat, 26s. yd. per qr. (Tovey). 



Uninterrupted rain in autumn after middle of Septem- 

 ber ( ). 



Unusually mild winter (Knapp). 



March 31. Shocks of earthquake felt all over Europe. 

 June 9. Considerable shock of an earthquake felt at 

 Sherborne and Shaftesbury about five minutes before 

 twelve o'clock. Much stormy weather latter end of 

 August and beginning of September. October 14. A 

 most astonishing phenomenon was seen at Great Malvern. 

 It had the appearance of a volcano, was attended with 

 great noise, and preceded by a most violent storm of 

 thunder and lightning {Boyle). 

 1762 Wheat, 39*. per qr. of nine bushels (Smith). 



Wheat, 34*. 8dl per qr. (Tovey). 



Great snow for eighteen days together in February 

 (Annual Register). 



February 2ist and following day great fall of snow, in 

 some places 10 ft. to 12 ft. deep. Near fifty people lost 

 their lives, and many cattle perished. Large trees, 

 houses, chimneys, etc., levelled with the ground. Such 

 devastation not remembered by present race in England 

 (Monthly Chronologer) . 



Wheat in Warminster, 34*. to 48*. ; barley, 14*. to 17*. 

 perqr. 



Wheat in Devizes, 345. to 405. ; barley, 16*. to 18*. 6d. \ 

 oats, 15*. to 15*. 6d. per qr. Hay, per load, in London, 

 30*. to 44*. ; straw, 10*. to 24*. per load ; hops, 2 to 

 ^4 per cwt. (Monthly Chronologer). 



Unparalleled drought this summer ; great scarcity of 

 fodder. October 26th and following days. The sudden 

 overflowing of the waters occasioned by the violent rains 

 and north winds about Stratford, West Ham, Plaistow, 

 and for twenty miles north of London was very fatal to 

 the inhabitants. Most of their cattle in the fields were 

 carried off; likewise stacks of hay and wood, with the loss 



