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Barley, 53*. io</. ; oats, 32^ $d. per qr. 



Wool, 2s. o\d. Beef and mutton, i\d. ; cheese, 6d. 

 per Ib. (Driver}. 



Very hot summer (Driver). 



Lincoln wool, 2s. per Ib. 



January, mild. February, mild. March, cold and wet 

 April, variable. May, wet till lyth, then great drought 

 for seventeen weeks. Dry time till end of year. June, 

 warm and fine. July, hot. August, very dry, but not so 

 hot. September, dry and fine. October, dry and pleasant. 

 November, mild. December, dry and mild (Old Almanack}. 



November 10. Earthquake felt at Inverness (Boyle.) 



A remarkably dry, hot summer. No rain for four 

 months from middle of May. Wheat, an average crop in 

 the Eastern counties. Very heavy and abundant in the 

 West (Clarke, from Tookds List of Prices}. 



Began reaping July 27. Finished harvest Aug. 12 (Cox). 



May 8. A deluge of rain fell, after which no more fell 

 at or near Trevereux, in Surrey, till September 5, being 

 seventeen weeks and one day, during which time all 

 vegetation was completely burnt up (Cox). 



Wheat brought into market in the South of England 

 July 1 2, and no rain until September 6 (Newspaper). 



Most abundant crop. July and August 4-3 above 

 average temperature (Times). 



The winter season was extraordinarily mild. Decem- 

 ber 8. Flowers in full bloom, such as jonquils, anemones, 

 pinks, etc., in the neighbourhood of Plymouth, also ripe 

 strawberries and raspberries (Hone). 



Dry on St. Swithin's Day, and a dry time followed 

 (Hone). 



April 26. Remarkable storm of hail, rain, wind, and 

 thunder at Stanmore and the neighbourhood about half- 

 past twelve o'clock (Thomson's Annals). 



March 5. Awful gale. July 24. Excessive heat 

 (Whistlecraff). 



