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MR ROBERT COCKBURN MOBSMAN ON 



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Phenomenon. 



REMARKS. 



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Drought 



Aurora 

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Aurora 

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Gale 



Aurora 



Heat 



Early harvest 



Thunderstorm 

 Dearth 



Double crop 



Snowstorm 



Aurora 

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Snowstorm 



Aurora 

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Eclipse 



Thunderstorm 



Aurora 



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Lightning 



Snow 



Aurora 



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Rainfall 



Thunderstorm 

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Aurora 

 Lunar eclipse 

 Aurora 

 Gale 



Gale 



July. Very warm and dry ; slight showers on the 1st and 15th. " The 

 river Tay hardly ever remembered lower than it has been this month." 

 — Waterston. 



August 17. Aurora seen at 10 p.m. 



September 11. Aurora at 10 p.m., just after a thunderstorm. 



October 7. Aurora in the evening, observed synchronously in the north 

 of Scotland. 



November 3 and 4, that of the 4th being of great beauty. 



November 14. At 8 p.m. a large meteor was seen to pass from E. to 

 W. through a space equal to 25°. It left a luminous trail behind. 



February 13. Severe S.S.W. gale. 



March 29. Brilliant aurora. 



June 24-30. " Hotter than any seven successive days in my remem- 

 brance." — Waterston. 



July. Cutting began in the Edinburgh district about the 10th, and by 

 the 29th many fields were cleared. " Harvest mostly finished by middle 

 of August, about the time it usually commences in a tolerably early season." 

 — Waterston. 



August 27. Thunderstorm with very heavy rain. 



September. " Owing to the sudden rise and acknowledged deficiency of 

 the oats, barley, and peas crops, Government, by an extraordinary Order of 

 Council, have allowed the importation of these articles, the quarterly 

 average struck immediately before not allowing the ports to open. Even 

 hay from Holland has been imported into different parts." — Waterston. 



October. "It is rather remarkable this season that in more than one 

 place two distinct crops of barley have come to maturity over the same 

 ground in succession, one after the other." — Waterston. 



November 25 and 26. Dreadful storm of wind and snow from the 

 N.N.W. Several vessels lost. From thirty to forty people perished in 

 different parts of the country, and many thousand sheep. 



January 9. Aurora. 



March 3-4. Great snowstorm. Snow fell to the depth of nearly 4 feet 

 in 24 hours, with strong east wind ; many lives lost both on land and sea. 



April 23 and 24. Snow fell to the depth of nearly 2 feet, with stormy 

 east wind. 



Remarkable aurora. 

 Severe gale with very high sea at Leith, doing damage 



September 25. 

 October 22-23. 

 to the harbour. 

 November 3. 

 December 15. 

 September 15. 

 September 29. 

 December 31. 

 January 24. 

 February 18. 



Lunar eclipse. 

 Thunderstorm. 

 Aurora. 

 Bright aurora. 

 A great deal of lightning. 

 Snow fell to the depth of a foot. 

 Brilliant aurora. 

 April 19. Bright aurora. 

 July. A very wet month, rainfall 6^ inches, half of which fell on the 

 4th and 5th, when the precipitation amounted to 3'80 inches. 

 July 30. Severe thunderstorm with very heavy rain. 

 August. Wettest month for many years. Waterston gives the rainfall 

 as 8'75 inches. The rain exceeded an inch on the following days : — 3rd, L90 

 inch; 4th, 1 '40 inch; 19th, Ml inch; 22nd, I'll inch; and 27th, M2inch. 

 August 19, 20 and 26. Bright aurora. 

 September 2. Eclipse of the moon, nearly total. 

 September 25. Bright aurora. 



October 13 and 14. Severe gale from the N.E. Several vessels stranded 

 or lost on the east coast, and a very high tide at Leith. 2*50 inches of rain 

 fell. 



November 25. E.N.E. gale, many ships lost. 



