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^ery, Do thefe circumflances account for 

 the unufual difference in the time of folia- 

 tion of the oak and the afh, and the blowing 

 of the hawthorn; which in a common year 

 happen within a few days of each other ? 

 The roots of the oak lie low -, thofe of the 

 afh and hawthorn fuperficially. 



In June^ heavy rains fet in ; and continu- 

 ed, almoft without intermifiion, until De- 

 cember. So wet a fummer has feldom— per- 

 haps fcarcely ever — happened. Hay in gene- 

 ral was fpoilt ; and thoufands of acres of 

 corn were little lefs than wafted in the field 5 

 a circumilanccj perhaps, entirely new in the 

 annals of huibandry. I never before knew a 

 feafon which did not afford a time (to thofe 

 who had patience to wait for it,) for harveft- 

 ins hav and corn in tolerable condition. But 

 this year, the late-ripe crops upon the Wolds, 

 the Northern Heights, and in the Morelaiids, 

 were ineviiahly little Icfs than loft. During 

 the latter harveft there were not, I believe, 

 two fair days together, until near Chriftmas ! 

 the corn which was carried was ol: courfc 

 fpoilt in the ftack or \\\o\\\ Hogs were 



bought 



