BY GEORGE CLAYTON ATKINSON, ESQ. 177 



North of England ; and I think pears on the wall ; standard 

 apples, too, have been scanty. Gooseberries and raspberries 

 abundant. 



The beautiful humming-bird hawk-moth was very abundant 

 this season. Over one verbena bed, about seventy feet long, I 

 saw them continually. They remained till October ; in Septem- 

 ber I counted about thirty of them at one time, hovering over 

 their favourite bed. 



At Seaham Harbour. — Thunder showers. 



August. — A fine but variable month ; the frequent rain caused 

 much anxiety about the corn. Barometer very steady : varia- 

 tion about three-fourths of an inch. 



Mean temperature 57-55°; 1*32° below 58-87°, the ten years' 

 mean. The lowest 41°, on the nights of the 3rd and 4th ; the 

 highest 74°, on the 8th. 



Salmon selling in the market at 9d. per Bb. 



At Seaham Harbour. — Dull and showery. 



September. — One of the most splendid harvest months ever 

 remembered; the barometer still very steady, the range being 

 within one inch. 



Mean temperature, 60-53°; 5-93° higher than 54-60°, the ten 

 years' mean. The lowest was 35°, on the night of the 21st; 

 and the highest 81°, on the 28th. 



On the 27th, at half-past nine p.m., the barometer being very 

 steady, after an exceedingly warm calm day, a violent gale of 

 wind from E"E. swept over this neighbourhood for about an 

 hour. It was felt at Eaby, in the County of Durham, about 

 midnight, as well as at other places. 



At Otterburn. — On the 29th, thunder. 



At Seaham Harbour. — Light winds ; fine. 



October. — A dull cool month, with an enormous quantity of 

 rain; 4-56 inches of which fell between the 8th and 13th; and 

 from eight a.m. on 17th, to eight a.m. on 18th, no less than 2-30 

 inches ; a depth of rain nearly twice as great as I ever knew 

 to fall in twenty-four hours. 



The barometer on the 1st was at 29-938, rose gently to 30-139 



