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i '37 in. Oct., 3-60 in. Nov., 3*66 in. Dec, 2-26 in. 

 (Glaisher). 



Great heat in May, June, and August (Brumhairi). 



Thermometer, 92 at Tottenham. 



In January the weather was remarkably mild. Spring 

 flowers bloomed in the open air. Tempestuous weather 

 the latter end. February 28. Tremendous gale. May 

 6. A S.W. gale retarded the tide so much that the 

 Thames was fordable at London Bridge. June 5. A 

 thatched cottage was burnt at Wedmore from the intense 

 heat of the sun reflected on the window which ignited 

 the thatch. December 5. Violent hurricanes {Boyle). 



At Britford Fair ewes fetched from los. to 205-. ; two- 

 teeth wethers, from i2s. to i6.y. ; four-teeth, from 16^. to 

 23^. ; lambs, 5^. to 16^. The prices may in general be 

 quoted at 4$. per head lower than last year, and at least 

 50 per cent, lower than in 1818. 



At Wilton Fair ewes made from js. to i8s. ; wethers, 

 i2s. to 23,r. ; lambs, 4^. to i2s. Mr. Self, of Knighton, 

 obtained 17*. per head for 100 fine wether lambs. Sheep 

 on an average were 2s. per head less than at Britford, and 

 looj per cent, lower than in 1819, when wethers were 

 sold at 6os. ; lambs, at 35^.; and ewes at 45 s. per head 

 (Salisbury Journal). 

 1822-3 A severe winter (Brumhani). 



November 16. Extraordinary lunar halo (Hone). 



Rainfall at Greenwich, 24*38 in. January, 1*36 in. 

 February, 3-17 in. March, 1-36 in. April, 175 in. May, 

 074 in. June, 1*14 in. July, 3*30 in. August, 2*68 in. 

 September, 0*89 in. October, 3 '96 in. November, 1*55 

 in. December, 2-48 in. (Glaisher). 



The summer was cold. July, August, and September 

 i "4 below average temperature ( Whistlecraff). 



During the whole summer the thermometer only once 

 rose to 76, which was on June i (Boyle). 



May 2. A very brilliant meteor was seen. September 



