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the air were at Marlborougli College, 19°-4 ; Wilton, 21°'5 ; Streatley 
Vicarage, 22'^- C> ; and Stratlifield Turgiss, Wakefield, Hull, and 
Eipon, ,28°*0. The greatest daily ranges were at Wilton, 27°' 1 ; 
Strathfield Turgiss, 25°-3 ; Lampeter, 24°-9 ; Streatley Vicarage, 
24°-8 ; Weybridge Heatli, 24°-7 ; Eoyston, 24°-l ; and Cardington, 
24°'0. The least daily ranges were at Guernsey, 10'^"8 ; Culloden, 
10°-9; Hawarden, 13°-7 ; Worthing, 13°-8 ; Otley, 14°-2 ; North 
Shields, 14°-4; Helston, 15°-2; and Cockermouth, 15°-6, The 
greatest numbers of rainy days were at Stonyhurst, 53 ; AUenheads 
and Culloden, 51 ; Cockermouth, 38 ; Silloth and Miltown, 37 ; and 
Eccles, Livei-pool, and Bywell, 36. The least numbers of rainy 
days were at North Shields, 11; Cardington, 18; Gloucester, 20; 
and Osborne, Strathfield Turgiss, Eoyal Observatory, Battersea, 
Wisbech, and Holkham, 21. The heaviest falls of rain were at 
Cockermouth, 7"6 in. ; Silloth, 6*5 in. ; AUenheads, 6*0 in. ; Guernsey 
and Truro, 5'8 in. ; and Bournemouth and Carlisle, 5"5 in. The 
least falls of rain were at Llandudno, 2*0 in. ; Eoyston and Wis- 
bech, 2'4 in. ; and Grantham, Boston, and Leeds, 2'6 in. 
Mr. Herbert J. Little, of Thorpelands, Northampton, writes as 
follows (see ' Times,' 29th July) :— 
" It seems to be a commonly received opinion that no year so 
dry as the present has occurred since 1826. This is not so. Both 
1863 and 1864 had less rainfall to the end of July than we have 
already had this year, as the table underneath will show : — 
1863. 1864. 1868. 
Inches. Inches. Inches. 
January i-yiG .. -705 .. 3 '085 
February "289 .. 1*200 .. 1*715 
March -735 .. 2*585 .. i'850 
April -940 .. -545 .. 1*390 
May -825 .. i" 702 .. -760 
June 2'94o .. "940 .. '510 
July *74o .. -475 .. '130 
8*185 8*152 9*440 
" That the present drought is much more severely felt than 
either of those mentioned above is certain, and for this reason — 
that the rainfall in both those years came opportunely for the 
crops, and especially was this the case in 1863. In that year four 
months of the spring — viz., February, March, April, and May — -only 
gave 2*789 in. of rainfuU, but a ' dripping June ' proved the truth 
of the old adage, and gave us one of the finest harvests of the 
present century. 
" In 1864 grass was nearly as much burnt up, but the corn crops 
were saved by the rains of May and a cool June, with nearly 
double the rainfall of the same month this year. 
"Now, according to Mr. Symons's tables in the 'Times' of 
