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winter. In the following autumn many wells failed and 

 ponds were dry (Gilbert White). 



March. A distemper occurred among the horned 

 cattle, when the diseased were ordered to be killed and 

 buried (Boyle]. 



Wheat, clean for seed, sold at 55. the bushel. Barley 

 down to 2s. the bushel after this year's harvest (Tooke). 

 1782 Wheat, 47^. lod. per qr. (Official Returns). 



Land worth 20 years' purchase (Townsend). 



Thousands of acres of turnips destroyed by the black 

 caterpillar in Norfolk (Royal Ag. Soc. Journal). 



A snowstorm from 26th Nov. to end of March, 1783 

 (Standard}. 



Rainfall at Selborne, 50-26 (G. White). 



To February 4th, open, mild weather. To 22nd, hard 

 frost. To the end of March, cold, blowing weather, with 

 frost, snow and rain. To May 7th, cold, dark rains. To 

 the end of June, warm and dry. To the end of August, 

 warm, with almost perpetual rains. The first fortnight 

 in September mild and dry, thence to the end of the 

 month rain. To the end of October mild, with frequent 

 showers. November began with hard frost, and continued 

 throughout with alternate frost and thaw. The first part 

 of December frosty, the latter part mild (Gilbert White}. 



Much rain this year everywhere in England (E. T. B.). 



The coldest November on record. The mean tem- 

 perature was 347' (Brumham). 



A very rainy summer and year from July (Brumham). 



May i. The severity of the weather exceeded all 

 former winters in the recollection of man (Boyle). 



This spring clover seed of good quality sold at 315-. 6d. 

 per cwt. (Tooke). 



Very unfavourable harvest. In Scotland the weather 

 during the whole year was as unfavourable as in 1799. 

 A winter of great severity followed (Tooke). 



In the winter succeeding this harvest wheat was sold 



