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SUMMARY OF THE WEATHER 



1768. Begins with a fortnight's frost 

 and snow ; rainy during February. Cold 

 and wet spring ; wet season from the be- 

 ginning of June to the end of harvest. 

 Latter end of September foggy, without 

 rain. All October and the first part of 

 November rainy ; and thence to the end 

 of the year alternate rains and frosts. 



1769. January and February, frosty and 

 rainy, with gleams of fine weather in the 

 intervals. To the middle of March, wind 

 and rain. To the end of March dry and 

 windy. To the middle of April, stormy, 

 with rain. To the end of June, fine wea- 

 ther, with rain. To the beginning of 

 August, warm, dry weather. To the end 

 of September, rainy, with short inter vals^ 

 of fine weather. To the latter end of Oc- 

 tober, frosty mornings, with fine days. 



