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36°, and there was ice on the water ui the low grounds near the 

 river. 



Otterburn. — Cold month. On only five days a temperature 

 of 70° was recorded. On three days it was below 40°. On 

 the 11th, 1"1 inches of rain fell in an hour. 



Hail fell at St. John's, Wolsingham, on the 10th. 



Lightning was seen, but thunder was not heard, at Harlow 

 Hill on the 10th. 



Thunder was heard at Eothbury on the 8th, 10th, 11th, and 

 23rd ; at Wallington on the 11th, 13th, 18th, 22nd, and 23rd ; 

 at Alston on the 10th, 11th, and 22nd ; at Whitley on the 11th, 

 16th, and 23rd ; at Harlow Hill on the 23rd ; at Whitfield on 

 the 10th and 11th ; at Durham on the 10th and 11th ; at Bywell 

 on the 10th and 11th ; at AUenheads on the 11th, 13th, and 

 23rd ; and at North Shields on the 18th. 



August. — The crops generally, throughout the kingdom, im- 

 proved much during the month. The mean temperature of 

 August at Greenwich was 62-0°, which was 1*3'^ higher than the 

 average of ninety-six years preceding, and 1°2 higher than that 

 of 1866. 



Wylam. — A fine warm month. A great amount of disease 

 prevailed among the grouse this year, especially in the eastern 

 and midland parts of England and Scotland. So scarce were 

 the grouse that in Northumberland many gentlemen did not 

 shoot over their moors at all. The disease was not so bad 

 among the black game ; and in Argyleshire and the West of 

 Scotland it scarcely showed itself at all. 



Grouse in the shops in Newcastle were 6/ and 7/ per brace, 

 their usual price being 4/ to 5/. 



Mean height of barometer 29*707. Mean height of thermom- 

 eter 59-19°, which is 4° above the average. Barometer and 

 thermometer both very steady. 



Alston. — The highest reading of the thermometer in the year 



