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and simnltaneoiislj- in all parts of tlio coimtiy, and the crops proved 
to be in siich a perfect state that cr<tting, carrying, thrashing, and 
grinding into flour followed in rapid succession. There were many 
sudden deaths from sunstroke during the month. The want of 
water was severely felt, and this, combined with the great heat, 
acted injuriousl}' both on animal and vegetable life to an extent 
unprecedented. Pastures and grass-lands were generally brown 
and bare, in many places not a blade of grass was to be seen. At 
the end of August the harvest was nearlj' completed ; pastures and 
grass-lands, under welcome showers, resumed their ordinary verdant 
appearance ; the rain-fall changed the appearance of the fields in a 
very short time, and loot-crops were benefited by the moisture. 
The month of September was fevourable to agricultural pursuits. 
Towards the end of the month heavy i-ain fell all over the coimtry 
and brought general relief to animal and vegetable life. Ponds and 
wells re-commenced to yield their usual supply of water : streams 
and currents Avere filled. The rain loosened the groimd for the 
plough, and the potato crop was upon the whole spoken of with 
satisfaction. The fall of rain was 1'3 in. in defect in both July and 
September, and O'l in. in excess in August. The rain-fall for the 
quarter was only 5"1 in., whereas the average summer fall at Green- 
wich is 7-6 in. The mean summer fall of rain is 767 tons to an 
acre of land, so the deficiency was 252 tons an acre. 
WJieat teas cut on the 7th July at Weybridge ; on the 8th at 
IRorwood ; on the 10th at Worthing and Cardington; on the loth 
at Strathfiold Turgiss, Hawarden, and in Kent generally ; on the 
14th at Osborne and Eastbourne; on the IGth at Guernsey and 
Boston ; on the 17th at Helston ; on the 20th at Holkham ; on the 
24th at Hull ; and on the 27th at Carlisle ; on the 8th August a,t 
Miltown and C'ulloden. 
Oafs were cut on the Gth Jvdy at AVeybi'idge ; on the 9th at Guern- 
sey ; on the 11th at Boston ; on the 13tli at Helston; on the 24th 
at Carlisle; on the 27th at Strathfield Turgiss; and on the 31st at 
Culloden ; on the 4th August at Miltown. 
Barley was cut on the 3rd July at Worthing; on the 9th at 
Guernsey and Weybridge ; on the 13th at Helston; on the 20th 
at Cardington ; and on the 22nd at Carlisle. On the Gth August at 
Strathfield Turgiss ; on the 10th at Culloden ; and on the 12th at 
Miltown. 
Fourth Quarter (October, November, December). The weather pre- 
sented many peculiarities ; the mean temperature of the air fell 
from 47-9° in October to 41-.5° in November ; but in December this 
w^as reversed, and the mean temperature of the last month of the 
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