SUMMARY OF THE WEATHER. 



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SUMMARY OF THE WEATHER. 



Measure of Rain in Inches and Hundreds. 



1 768. Begins with a fortnight's frost and snow ; rainy during 

 February. Cold and wet spring ; wet season from the beginning 

 of June to the end of harvest. Latter end of September, foggy, 

 without rain. All October and the first part of November, 

 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 weather. 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 

 sultry ; the latter part of the month, heavy rain. August, 

 September, and the first fortnight in October, in general fine 

 weather, though with frequent interruptions of rain ; from the 



