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than half the average amount. Eain was measured at Greenwich 
on 41 days during the quarter, of which 15 were in July, 17 in 
August, and 9 in September. Only nine times since 1815 has the 
rainfall in September been so small as that in the present year. 
Oats were in flower, on the 7th of July at Llandudno. Wheat 
was in ear, on the 1st of July at Oxford. Barley was in ear, on 
the 3rd of July at Strathfield Turgiss. Oats were in ear, on the 
1st of July at Strathfield Turgiss. Eye was in ear, on the 1st of 
July at Oxford. 
Oats were cut, on the 25th of July at Oxford, on the 20th of 
August at Llandudno, and on the 25th at Kelstern Grange. 
Wheat was cut, on the 1st of August at Guernsey, on the 7th at 
Oxford, on the 8th at Cardington, on the 13th at Torquay, on the 
17th at Llandudno, and on the 21st at Kelstern Grange. 
Barley was cut, on the 18th of August at Cardington, on the 
20th at Oxford, on the 24th at Llandudno, and on the 30th at 
Torquay. 
Horse-chestnut was divested of leaves, on the 27th of September 
at Helston. Hawthorn was divested of leaves, on the 20th of Sep- 
tember at Helston. 
Woodcock arrived, on the 26th of September at Helston. Swallow 
departed on the 20th of September from Stonyhurst. 
Fourth Quarter (^October, November, December). — -The month of 
October opened fine and dry, with a low temperature. On the 
14th there was a severe gale, causing great destruction of property 
all over the country. The storm seems to have raged throughout 
Devonshire and Cornwall with great fury, and caused there a great 
deal of damage. After this day, to the end of the month, the 
weather was generally fine. The month of November was for the 
most part cloudy and wet, with very few bright days ; the changes 
both of temperature and atmospheric pressure were rapid. On 
the 11th there was a very heavy gale of wind, and the barometer 
reading on this day was the lowest in the year. The month of 
December was very dark, and almost sunless, with fog and damp 
weather prevalent. Till the 9th of October the direction of the 
wind was mostly from the N. or E., or a compound of those winds ; 
and from the 10th of October to the end of the year the wind was 
almost always from the W., S.AV., or S.S.W., to a A^ery unusual- 
degree. 
The mean readings of the barometer, in the neighbourhood of . 
London, were in excess of the average in the months of October 
and December, but below the average in November. The mean 
temperature of the quarter at Greenwich was 45°'0, which was 
