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‘Greateft deg. of heat on the z2th, at 1, P. M.---barom. 29, 
‘65---wind N.W.---fair. Greateft deg. of cold on the 4th--- 
the mercury ranged at the fame height morning, noon and night 
.---barom. rofe from 29, 61 to 29, 80---wind N.---clouds and 
‘rain. "The:night was very remarkably light, although it was 
-cloudy and no moon ; probably occafioned by a very bright 
Aurora Borealis. Barom. higheft.on the 17th, at 1, P. M.--- 
therm. 53? ---wind N.E.---fair : lowefton the roth, at 6, A.M. 
---therm. 58°---wind N, W.---fair. 
An Aurora Borealis in the night of the 5th---wind N.N.W. 
—Oof the 6th---wind S. W.—of the-gth---wind S. S. W.— 
and of the 22d---wind S. W. Rain on the preceding and 
following days of the four firft ; fair weather preceding and 
following the laft of them. Thunder and lightning on the 
13th. : 
[eats i in Ipfwich ; «ote P bilious cholics, putrid fe- 
vers, worms : In Sa/ez ; chin coughs, cholics, catarrhal fevers, 
«convulfions—Sickly : In Beverly ; pulmonic fevers, worms. 
JUNE. 
Therm. Barom. 
cea i “AJM: Noon P.M. — A.M. Noon. P. M. 
Higheft, 80 88 81[|536,43 30,38 3939 ^ 
Loweft, 54 62 561 29,27 29,10 29,23 
Mean ftat. 66 75 70| 29,79 29,62 29,76 
Predominant winds from S. W. to N. W. Frequent mild 
íhowers—very little thunder and lightning—only one whole 
day cloudy during the month. From fhe i sth to the 24th, 
extremely fultry. The weather exceedingly favourable to ve- 
getation. All kinds of corn, grafs and garden-productions, 
promife plentiful crops. — Little injury done by infects and rep- 
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