SUMMARY 



OF 



THE WEATHER. 



1 768. BEGINS with a fortnight's frost and snow. .Rainy during 

 February. Cold and wet spring. Wet season from the begin- 

 ning of June to the end of harvest. Latter end of September 

 foggy, without rain. All October and the first part of Novem- 

 ber rainy ; and thence to the end of the year alternate rains 

 and frosts. 



1769. January and February, frosty and rainy, with gleams 

 of fine weather in the intervals. To the middle of March, wind 

 and rain : to the end of March, dry and windy. To the middle 

 of April, stormy, with rain. To the end of June, fine weather, 

 with rain. To the beginning of August, warm, dry weather. 

 To the end of September, rainy, with short intervals of fine 

 weather. To the latter end of October, frosty mornings, with 

 fine days. The next fortnight rainy ; thence to the end of 

 November dry and frosty. December, windy, with rain and 

 intervals of frost, and the first fortnight very foggy. 



1770. Frost for the first fortnight : during the 14th and 15th 

 all the snow melted. To the end of February, mild, hazy wea- 

 ther. The whole of March frosty, with bright weather. April 

 cloudy, with rain and snow. May began with summer showers, 

 and ended with dark cold rains. June, rainy, chequered with 

 gleams of sunshine. The first fortnight in July, dark and sul- 

 try ; the latter part of the month, heavy rain. August, Septem- 

 ber, and the first fortnight in October, in general fine weather, 

 though with frequent interruptions of rain : from the middle of 

 October to the end of the year, almost incessant rains. 



1771. Severe frost till the last week in January. To the 

 first week in February, rain and snow: to the end of February, 

 spring weather. To the end of the third week in April, frosty 

 weather. To the end of the first fortnight in May, spring wea- 

 ther, with copious showers. To the end of June, dry, warm 

 weather. The first fortnight in July, warm, rainy weather. To 

 the end of September, warm weather, but in general cloudy, 

 with showers. October, rainy. November, frost, with intervals 

 of fog and rain. December, in general bright, mild weather, 

 with hoar frosts. 



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