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Began reaping August 2ist; finished harvest Septem- 

 ber 19 (Cox). 



Off-going ewes from a Wiltshire farm made 245. each 

 (/. Phillips). 



Cull ewes, 12*. each (J. Phillips). 



Great floods in December. In the vicinity of the 

 Thames the inhabitants were driven to the upper rooms 

 of their houses. From Windsor terrace there is nothing 

 to be seen but an awful expanse of waters. Communi- 

 cation between one place and another is cut off. The 

 roads and bridges in many places blown up ( Windsor 

 Express). 



Height of flood in the Thames at Clifton Hampden, 

 8 ft. 10 in. (/. C. C., in Agricultural Gazette). 



Rainfall at Greenwich, 31*53 in. Jan., 2-18 in. Feb., 

 0-04 in. March, 3-45 in. April, 1-82 in. May, 2-22 in. 

 June, 2 '2 1 in. July, 2*82 in. Aug., 1*92 in. Sept., 

 3-40 in. Oct., 2'42 in. Nov., 4*33 in. Dec., 472 in. 

 (Glaisher). 



November 26. Violent hurricane on the western 

 coast (Boyle). 



December 24th. Barometer down to 28-10 (Symon's 

 Magazine). 



Wet summer and year, though fine in July and August. 

 A bad harvest (Brumham). 



In Bideford market, in March, legs of mutton of prime 

 quality were sold at 2\d. per Ib. Fat ducks, at 2s. per 

 couple. Fine fowls, zod. per couple. Geese, at ^d. per 

 Ib. Good beef sold at Dorchester at 2d. per Ib. (Boyle). 



Rains set in so violently just before and during the 

 harvest as very much to endanger and eventually to injure 

 the crops. The quantity turned out beyond expectation, 

 but quality inferior and much sprouted (Tooke). 



Mr. Coke, of Holkham, lost ,20,000 this year by the 

 fall of his rents (Boyle). 



December 2. A meteor of rather unusual magnitude. 



