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28th. The tide at London Bridge higher than ever 

 before remembered, four inches higher than in 1774. 



Extraordinary mild weather in December (Boyle). 



A violent shock of an earthquake in Sussex on Febru- 

 ary i (Boyle]. 



June 30. The maximum temperature was only 75, 

 the same as it was on 28th April. On the first of the 

 dog days there was ice on the ponds in the vicinity 

 of the metropolis. September i. At Thornbury, in 

 Gloucestershire, a storm of snails fell, covering six acres 

 of land ankle deep. November 21. The thermometer 

 stood at 6o| at 6 a.m., on the 4th of July it was only 

 52 at the same hour. On November i, at York, the 

 minimum of the thermometer was 49 ; on July 2, it was 

 36 ; on November 5, it was 30. Nov. 26. A violent 

 hurricane on the western coast. December 15. The 

 weather was so mild that a butterfly was caught, and fruit 

 trees appeared in blossom. 24th. Great floods. The 

 roads were so inundated that vehicles could not proceed, 

 and many of the western coaches were compelled to 

 return (Boyle). 



At Britford Fair wethers fetched i8s. to 31$. per head : 

 ewes, 8s. to 225.; lambs, 6s. to 18^. Mr. Dowding, of 

 Porton, sold ewes at 255. ; and Mr. Maton, of Newcourt, 

 sold lambs for 20^. At Wilton, sheep were 35. per head 

 lower than at Britford. One prime lot of four-teeth 

 wethers made 37^. 6d. (Salisbury Journal). 



December 19. The oldest seaman can hardly remem- 

 ber such a succession of tempestuous weather as has 

 been experienced for two months past (Farmers' Journal). 



At Smithfield, in January, beef, 4*. $d. to $s. 4^. ; 

 mutton, 4S. $d. to $s. ^d. ; veal, 5^. 8d. to 6s. &d. ; 

 pork, $s. to 6.r. per eight Ibs. In December, beef, 3^. to 

 3-r. lod. ; mutton, 2s. 8d. to 35. %d. ; veal, $s. to 6s. ; 

 pork, 3-f. $d. to 4^. 4^. per eight Ibs., sinking the offal 

 (Farmers' Journal). 



