the late difmal Storm. And I hope it will not be unae^ 
ceptable,. to accompany his with my own Obfervatioos at 
Vpmnfier ^ efpecially fioce I (hall not weary you with a 
long Hiftory of the Devaftatioos, c^«:, hut rather toiBe 
particulars of a more Philofophical confideration. 
And firft, I do not thhik it improper to look back to 
the preceding Seafons of the Year. I fcarce believe I 
fliall go out of the way , to refieft as far back as 
Jpril^ May^ June an I July 5 becaiife all thefe were wet 
Months in our Southern parts. In i4|?ri/ the je fell 12^49 k 
of Rain thro my Tunnel And tbout 6^ 7, 8 or 9 /. I 
efteera a moderate quantity for Dpmmfier. In May there 
fell more than in any Month of m^Xear fince tbeTear l6$6^ 
viz. 20,771. jf^w likewife was a dripping Month, in 
which fell 14,55 /. And Juh^ altho it had confiderable 
intcrmiiGons, yet had 14^,19 /. Above 1 1 / of which fell on 
July aSth and Q9th in violent Showers. And I remem- 
ber the News Papers gave accounts of great Rains that 
Month from divers places of fcV^ype, but the Mrl^ of 
England (v^hich alfo efcaped the violence of the late Storm) 
was not fo remarkably wet in any of tbofe Months , at 
leaft nor in that great proportion more than we, as uftialiy 
they are 3 as I guefs from the Tables of Rain, with which 
Mr Tovpneley harh favoured me* Particularly July was a 
dry Month with ihem, there being no more than 556$ /* 
of Rain fell thro Mr Towmlej^ Tunnel of the fame diame- 
ter with mine* 
From thefe Months let us pafs to September^ and that 
we (hall find to have been a wet Month, efpecially the 
latter part of it 5 there fell of Rain in that Month 14,8^ L 
Otioher and November laft, altho not fremarkably wet, 
yet have been open warm Months for the moft part. My 
Thermomefer(whofe freezing point is about 84)hathbeen 
very fei;iom beluw icq all this Winter, and efpecially ki 
Govern 
Thus 
