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measured from 6 to 7 inches, fell during a thunderstorm 

 in Somersetshire. Dec. 8. Great damage sustained by 

 the overflowing of the Thames (Boyle). 



The crops more deficient than last year. The hot 

 days in the early part of July did great injury to the 

 wheat, and they were followed by a great deal of wet and 

 stormy weather, from that time till the getting in of the 

 harvest. Some of the other crops also suffered (Tooke). 

 1809 Wheat, 97 s. ^d. per qr. {Official Returns). 



Barley, 47 s. ; oats, $is. $d. per qr. ; wool, 3^. ; beef 

 and mutton, 6f d. ; cheese, %d. per Ib. (Driver). 

 Great deficiency (Driver). 



Hot May. Wet summer. Great rot in sheep. Deficient 

 crop. The rain set in in July and continued to October. 

 Wheat suffered from mildew and sprouting (Clarke). 



Height of flood in the Thames at high water mark, at 

 Clifton Hampden, pft. i in. (/[ C. C. in Ag. Gazette.). 

 Highest flood on record. 



Began reaping August i o. Finished harvest September 

 2. Last week in April cold, wet, and frosty, and unplea- 

 sant weather. May came in fine and hot (Cox, in 

 Penny Mag.). 



July and August 1*3 below average temperature 

 (Times). 



January i6th and zyth. Snow. lyth. A small 

 brilliant meteor about 6 p.m., in S. E. iQth. A freezing 

 shower from E. encased everything with ice ; birds were 

 disabled by it, and were seen lying on the ground in 

 great numbers. This was followed by snow. Then to 

 24th, frequent falls of snow, then a steady rain from W., 

 and the country was inundated to a greater extent than 

 in 1795 (Hone). 



January 28. A lunar halo of the largest diameter. 

 29th. After a fine morning the wind began to blow hard 

 from the south, and during the whole night of 3th it 

 raged with excessive violence from the west, doing con- 



