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carried it nearly all off. Up to the 24th it continued quite 

 mild ; the temperature then fell again to 4°, and the last days 

 were cold, very windy, and disagreeable. 



March, without any very great depression of temperature, 

 was, notwithstanding, a cool month, with much cloudy and 

 windy weather, the thermometer ranging from 20° to 30°. 

 There were only 10 days when the temperature ranged 

 above the freezing point, and but one day when it exceeded 

 38°. In consequence of such steady cool weather the ground 

 continued firmly frozen. 



April commenced with a heavy rain, but it immediately 

 changed to hard frost. On the 6th it was warmer, the ther- 

 mometer reaching 60° at noon, and the frost appeared nearly 

 out of the ground ; the three or four succeeding days were 

 eool again, and it was not till the IGth that fine warm spring- 

 like weather set in. From that period to the close of the 

 month it was warm and fine, with genial showers, which 

 gave a rapid start to vegetation. 



Th<e month of May was cool throughout, with prevailing 

 easterly wnids, but free from the heavy storms which often 

 occur at this season. The I6th was a warm day, with the 

 thermometer at 84°. 



June continued rather cool, and quite dry, up to the 26th, 

 when the temperature reached 85° ; on the 2Sth there was a 

 very heavy shower, which was greatly needed, and the 29th 

 was the only very warm day experienced during the month : 

 the thermometer indicated 95°. 



With July the warm weather set in ; on the 1st, the tem- 

 perature was 98° ; 2d, 91°, and 3d, 86°, with very light 

 showers. On the 7th there was a refreshing rain ; it was 

 then cooler up to the 12th. On the 16th it was warm again, 

 with the theimomeler at 90°, running up to 98° on the 19th, 

 and again to 96° on the 24th. The close of the month was 

 cooler, with easterly winds. 



August was generally cool and dry ; the highest range of 

 the thermometer being 86° on the 24th. The last of the 

 month was quite cool, with the low temperature of 39°, and 

 in some places there was white frost. 



