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years, only two aftemoons out of tliirty-tliree were wet, and of 

 these one was very slightly so. In 1845 and 1846 every day 

 was fine ; tut after tliat time a change seemed to have taken 



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place in the weather in May, June, and July, and out of nine 

 meetings in 1847, 1848, and 1849, five were more or less 

 stormy. The inconvenience and discomfort arising from wet 

 weather to great assemblages of people drawn together for enjoy- 

 ment in the oj)en air can scarcely be exaggerated, — no amount of 

 11 protection by way of tents can render them bearable ; and of 



those unhappy occasions when Jupiter Pluvius reigned supreme 

 many a miserable anecdote might be related. On one of these 

 occasions, before the practice of giving the so-called breakfast- 

 fetes had been abandoned, the day turned out unpropitious. 

 Large numbers of tickets had been disposed of, which had cost 



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