2js. November commenced with sharp frosts, so severe 

 that fears were entertained for the mangolds. A fine 

 month for wheat sowing and eating the rape, which did 

 not come up till after the rain in August. Sold barley 

 at 46s. 6d. and 445. 6d. per qr. December was a wet 

 month. Rainfall, 5| in. Thunder 24th. Still there 

 were some very fine days between, generally followed 

 by rough and stormy ones. Sold wheat 27^. per sack 

 (T. If. B.\ 



Good crops of corn. Very hot and dry summer 

 (T. H. B.\ 



Much over an average crop of wheat (Times). 



At Devizes October Fair top price for ewes, 34^. 6d. ; 

 lambs, 24*. 6d. (Newspaper). 



July and August, 4-1 above average temperature 

 (Times). 



July 1 6. Therm., 94, and again 2ist ( Whistlecraff). 



The temperature attained the extraordinary height of 

 iooj, in perfect shade, on July 22nd {Fielding). 



Very great drought all the summer to September i8th 

 (Brumham). 



Rainfall at Greenwich, 2 5 '15 in. January, 4*19 in. 

 February, 1-28 in. March, 1*07 in. April, 2*08 in. 

 May, 1-67 in. June, 0-47 in. July, ro6 in. August, 

 2 '6 1 in. September, 1*52 in. October, 2*59 in. No- 

 vember, i'i6 in. December, 5*45 in. (Glaisher). 



At Hull, 26-54 in. on 163 days. Rainfall at Wilton, 

 38-4 in.; at Bath, 30-5 in.; at Marlborough, 35-4 in. 

 (Glaisher}. 



November 6. An unusually brilliant meteor was 

 observed at about 6.50 p.m., all through the South of 

 England. 



January 4. Earthquake in Somerset. February ist. 

 Violent gale {Met. Mag.). 



Harvests of all kinds finished at Trevereux, July 27th 

 (Cox). 



