498 SUMMARY OF 



1772. To the end of the first week in February, frost ami 

 snow. To the end of the first fortnight in March, frost, sleet, 

 rain, and snow. To the middle of April, cold rains. To the 

 middle of May, dry weather, with cold piercing winds. To the 

 end of the first week in June, cool showers. To the middle of 

 August, hot, dry summer weather. To the end of September, 

 rain, with storms and thunder. To December 22, rain, with 

 mild weather. December 23, the first ice. To the end of the 

 month, cold, foggy weather. 



1773. The first week in January, frost; thence to the end of 

 the month, dark, rainy weather. The first fortnight in February, 

 hard frost. To the end of the first week in March, misty, 

 showery weather: bright spring days to the close of the month. 

 Frequent showers to the latter end of April. To the end of 

 June, warm showers, with intervals of sunshine. To the end 

 of August, dry weather, with a few days of rain. To the end 

 of the first fortnight in November, rainy. The next four weeks, 

 frost; and thence to the end of the year, rainy. 



1774. Frost and rain to the end of the first fortnight in 

 March : thence to the end of the month, dry weather. To the 

 15th of April, showers: thence to the end of April, fine spring 

 days. During May, showers and sunshine in about an equal 

 proportion. Dark, rainy weather to the end of the third week 

 in July: thence to the 24th of August, sultry, with thunder and 

 occasional showers. To the end of the third week in Novem- 

 ber, rain, with frequent intervals of sunny weather. To the end 

 of December, dark, dripping fogs. 



1^75. To the end of the first fortnight in March, rain almost 

 every day. To the first week in April, cold winds with showers 

 of rain and snow. To the end of June, warm, bright weather, 

 with frequent showers. The first fortnight in July, almost 

 incessant rains. To the 26th of August, sultry weather, with 

 frequent showers. To the end of the third week in September, 

 rain, with a few intervals of fine weather. To the end of the 

 year, rain, with intervals of hoar-frost and sunshine. 



1776. To January 24, dark, frosty weather, with much 

 snow. March 24, to the end of the month, foggy, with hoar- 

 frost. To the 30th of May, dry, dark, harsh weather, with cold 

 winds. To the end of the first fortnight in July, warm, witli 

 much rain. To the end of the first week in August, hot and 

 dry, with intervals of thunder showers. To the end of October, 

 in general fine seasonable weather, with a considerable propor- 



