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ning. August was showery. Great quantity of rain fell. 

 Catching time for the harvest. Began harvest August i ; 

 finished September 12. Corn on the hills the heaviest 

 crop for some years, but the low and wet lands are 

 wretched, also the cold sands. Corn harvested tolerably 

 sound and well. September, a fine month. October 

 began fine, but cold easterly winds set in about the 

 middle of the month ; then a wet time for wheat sowing, 

 and very little vegetation after. The earliest sown wheats 

 not up before December, and very little out of the 

 ground at the end of the year. November, not an 

 unusual quantity of rain, but low temperature. Decem- 

 ber, cold and slight frosts to middle of month ; then 

 winterly to Christmas, after which mild to end of the 

 year(r. H. B). 



Warm, wet summer (T. H. .). 



Over average crop of wheat, but sudden heat in August 

 following a cold and wet June and July caused imperfect 

 setting in the ear (Times). 

 1878-79 Severe winter (Brumkam). 



From November to April inclusive, the lowest temper- 

 ature for thirty years. 



July and August, 1-2 above average temperature 

 (Times). 



Rainfall at Bridport, 3 2 '9 5 in. January, 1-63 in. 

 February, 2 '30 in. March, 2 '09 in. April, 3*53 in. 

 May, 6*10 in. June, 1*29 in. July, 1*96 in. August, 

 3-55 in. September, 2-07 in. October, 3-43 in. No- 

 vember, 2*63 in. December, 2*37 in. (Symons' Mag). 



January 28. Earthquake through the southern part of 

 England. 



March 24. Squall oft the Hampshire coast, which 

 capsized and sunk the Eurydice. 



August very wet, 9^85 in. of rain registered near 

 Hastings. 



Waterspout off Southampton, August 4. 



