Inch. Hund. 



From May i, 1779, to the end of the year there fell . 28 37 ! 



From Jan. i, 1780, to Jan. i, 1781 27 32 



From Jan. i, 1781, to Jan. i, 1782 30 71 



From Jan. i, 1782, to Jan. i, 1783 50 26 ! 



From Jan. i, 1783, to Jan. i, 1784 33 7i 



From Jan. i, 1784, to Jan. i, 1785 38 80 



From Jan. i, 1785, to Jan. i, 1786 31 55 



From Jan. i, 1786, to Jan. i, 1787 39 57 



The village of Selborne, and the large hamlet of 

 Oakhanger, with the single farms, and many scat- 

 tered houses along the verge of the forest, contain 

 upwards of six hundred and seventy inhabitants. 



We abound with poor ; many of whom are sober 

 and industrious, and live comfortably in good stone 

 or brick cottages, which are glazed, and have cham- 

 bers above stairs : mud buildings we have none. 

 Besides the employment from husbandry, the men 

 work in hop-gardens, of which we have many ; and 

 fell and bark timber. In the spring and summer 

 the w^omen weed the corn ; and enjoy a second har- 

 vest in September by hop-picking. Formerly, in the 

 dead months they availed themselves greatly by 

 spinning wool, for making of barragons, a genteel 

 corded stuff, much in vogue at that time for summer 

 wear ; and chiefly manufactured at Alton, a neigh- 

 bouring town, by some of the people called Quakers. 

 The inhabitants enjoy a good share of health and 

 longevity, and the parish swarms with children. 



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