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and mackerel, 20tli f. churn owl, 22nd f. sp. and sil. fir 1., 25th 
f. hawthorn and lilly valley F., 2Gth f. horse-chestnut and m. ash 
F. and acacia and holly 1., 27th f. plane 1. and lilac F. ; the month 
was generally colder than season, and y e 27th was y* first rain of 
three weeks. 
11 June. June, too, was colder than usual, with frequent show- 
ers : y° 1st holly F., 2nd f. clover F., 7th f. rye ear, (but was told of 
them on y° 30th of May,) 13th f. peas and strawberrys, 14th f. 
wheat ear, 15th f. damask rose, 24th f. barley ear. 
“ July. July had very few hot days; some showers, but little 
heavy rain till y e last day, 2nd f. beech F., 3rd f. oat ear, y® cuckoo 
sung to y® 8th, 14th Th.* 40, 15th Th. 44, y® 20th lime F., 20th 
f. harvest peas. 
“ August . August was many showers, and yet the moderate 
farmers had not bad harvest, mostly cool, 24th and 25th forty-eight 
hours’ rain, 20th Th. 41, and 31st + 42. I suppose from y® 
coolness and wotness, y* leaves of many trees began to fade in this 
month. 
“ September. Most of September was cool and rainy ; i ended 
harvest y® 10th ; y® 30th i saw an entire rainbow from y® half- 
moon about midnight, Gunton. 
“ October . First half of October cool and wet; from y® 10th 
very pleasant to the 3rd of November inclusive ; the swallows 
staid to y® 0th ; 14th a plane leaf + 17 inches broad, Stratt. 
“ November. From y® 4th of Xovember to y® middle cool, 6th 
f. ice, and 8th f. snow, to y* end milder and little rain. 
“ December. December from 2nd to 5th four days’ thick fog, 
then to y® end open, with frosts on y® 20th and 30th. On y® 9th 
and 11th measured an oriental plane leaf 10 in. broad in Stratt. 
The wheat-sowing time very favourable, and the season to y® end 
of December very open, and not cold. The wind as below. This 
Aut. i had a sycamore leaf a foot broad, and in December an oriental 
plane 1. + 10 inches broad, and y' 11th another leaf full 10 
broad. 
“ During y® severe frost, whilst y® earth was covered deep with 
snow, i found y® larch trees shed their seeds daily in abundance, 
which was food fory® seed-eating small birds.” 
* Possibly centigrade placed in the sun. 
