98 H. ©. RUSSELL. 
Year. List of Droughts of the D Series. - 
January 1839, weather scorching hot in New South Wales, 
River Cowpastures New South Wales dried up, not as much 
rain the past two years as would suffice for two months. 
Murrumbidgee also dried up. The drought in Australia 
during 1837-8-9 was one of the worst ever known here. 
Red rain in 1839. 
1819 Great drought in Germany 1821, all vegetation parched 
up and even the rivers dried up. 
England 1819, very hot and dry, no rain fell for 74 days. 
New South Wales suffered considerably from drought 
1818-19. 1821, red rain fell. 
1800 Drought in New South Walea. 
1781 1781-82, drought and famine in Madras and Carnatic in 
1872-3 drought in “ Sind,” no rainfall for two years. 
1783-4, drought in Punjaub during these years. 
1779, excessive heat at Bologna, many died of sunstroke, 
and many others to escape the heat, took refuge in pits and 
caves underground. (Hng. Mech., Vol. xxxix., p. 506.) 
1762 1763, red rain. 
1743 Red rain 1744. 
1724 No record. 
1705 1704, the hottest and driest summer in England, continued 
to August 1705. 
1705, the temperature rose so high in Europe that it 
resembled that of a glass house furnace, and butcher’s meat 
was cooked in the sun, and from midday to 4 p.m. no one 
ventured out of doors. (Eng. Mech., Vol. xxx1x., p. 506.) 
1686 Red rain fell in 1689; 1684 was a very dry year in England. 
1686, great drought in Italy. 
1667 1666, hot and dry easterly winds in England ; 1669, the 
whole year was hot and dry in England. Red rain fell in 
this year, 1669. 
1648 No record. 
