SUMMARY OP THE WEATHEE. 
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1768 begins with a fortnight's frost and snow ; rainy during February. 
€old and Wet spring ; wet season from the beginning of June to the 
end of harvest. Latter end of September foggy without rain. All 
October and the first part of November rainy, and thence to the end of 
the year alternate rains and frosts. 
1769. January and February, frosty and rainy, with gleams of fine 
weather in the intervals. To the middle of March, wind and rain. To 
the end of March, dry and windy. To the middle of April, stormy, 
with rain. To the end of June, fine weather, with rain. To the 
beginning of August, warm, dry weather. To the end of September, 
rainy with short intervals of fine weather. To the latter end of October, 
frosty mornings, with fine days. The next fortnight rainy ; thence to 
the end of November dry and frosty. December, windy, with rain and 
intervals of frost, and the first fortnight very foggy. 
1770. Frost for the first fortnight : during the 14th and 15th all the 
.«now melted. To the end of February, mild hazy weather. The 
whole of March frosty, with bright weather. April, cloudy, with rain 
and snow. May began with summer showers, and ended with dark, 
<;old rains. June, rainy, chequered with gleams of sunshine. The first 
fortnight in July, dark and sultry ; the latter part of the month, heavy 
rain. August, September, and the first fortnight in October, in general 
^ne weather, though with frequent interruptions of rain ; from the 
middle of October to the end of the year almost incessant rains. 
1771. Severe frosts till the last week in January. To the first week 
in Februar}^ rain and snow : to the end of February, spring weather. 
^0 the end of the third week in April, frosty weather. To the end of 
the first fortnight in May, spring weather, with copious showers. To 
the end of June, dry, warm weather. The first fortnight in July, warm, 
a-ainy Vv^eather. To the end of September, warm weather, but in general 
•cloudy, with showers. October rainy. November frost, with intervals 
of fog and rain. December, in general, bright, mild weather, with hoar 
frosts. 
1772. To the end of the first week in February, frost and snow. To 
the end of the first fortnight in March, frost, sleet, rain, and snow. To 
the middle of April, cold rains. To the middle of May, dry weather, 
^vith cold piercing winds. To the end of the first week in June, cool 
jshowers. To the middle of August, hot, dry, summer weather. To the 
