100 H. C. RUSSELL. 
List of Droughts of the D Series. 
ine 1113, England so hot that corn and forests took fire. 
Red dust 1117. 
1059 Famine in Egypt in 1859 (Enc. Brit. Fam.)—in Modern 
Egypt the date is given as 1064. Rise in river failed for 
seven consecutive years; in two provinces half the people 
died. (B and E combined.) 
1040 No record. 
1021 Excessive heat and drought in England. 1020, great 
drought in India, and in Central America it lasted six years. 
(Abbé Brasseur de Bourbowrg— History of the civilized 
nations of Mexico and Central America,” Paris 1857.) 
1002 1000, the wells, water courses, and lakes were all dried up. 
(Eng. Mech., xxx1x., p. 506.) 
869 Red dust 869 
~ 850 850 to 851, drought in Italy and Germany. 
774 775, drought and excessive heat in England after great 
frost. 772 great drought in Ireland. 
No record. 
736 737, great drought in Britain. 
679 680, drought in England for three years. 
603 605, drought and scorching heat in England. 
584 Red rain fell. 
451 Great drought Eastern Europe, Phrygia, Galatia, Cappa 
docia. This was probably an extension of D into E. 
375 374, drought and famine in England. 
_ 299 298, great drought in Wales. 
Discussion. 
Professor GuRNEY said:—Though neither astronomer nor meteor 
ologist, I should like to offer a few remarks on Mr. Russell’s pape? 
taking points in order, as they strike me. In discussing the 
weather of this Colony, Mr. Russell says, “‘ The years were simply 
classed as good or bad, the question of how good or bad was pur- 
posely left out.” What is Mr. Russell’s definition of a good year 
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