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bought up, and turned loofc among the 

 Iheaves hi the field !* 



Another remarkable circumftance of this 

 fcafon was the extraordinary strength of 

 VEGETATION, which was equally manifcfb in 

 the garden and the field. Every thing was 

 out of fize. Some plants quite disfigured. 

 Pafture-grounds over-run with flale grafs. 

 In fome Hinted paftures (grounds let out an- 

 nually in cowgaits to a fixt number of cows) 

 fcarcely half the grafs was eaten. 



Thefe extraordinary exertions of vegeta- 

 tion are, perhaps, to be accounted for in a 

 fucceflion of dry fummers terminating in a 

 moifl one. The foil, unable to exert itfelf 

 during the dry feafons, became furniflied with 

 extraordinary powers ; to which the moilt- 

 nefs of this fummer gave full fcope. 



* Yorkfliii-e was not fingular \\\ this difafter. All 

 the Northern counties, I believe, fliared a fimilar fate. 



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