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is contained in Windermere, the largest of the English lakes. . . . 

 Had this precipitation fallen in the form of snow the average depth at 

 which it would have lain over Norfolk would have been almost five 

 feet ; " and supposing further that the fall had been accompanied by 



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a gale of wind, as was indeed the case in this instance, the drifting 

 which would certainly have taken place would have been disastrous 

 As it was, " the crops in the north-east of Norfolk were destroyed, and 

 the harvest having been postponed to an exceptionally late period 

 owing to inclement weather earlier in the month, the catastrophe 

 now carried away the grain that had been cut but not brought in, 

 and made it impossible to save what remained uncut," 



