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Houles, Trees, €fc. Vefuyius was quiet at the Be- 
ginning, but fiery at the End. 
Bengal r , hath only the 7 firfl: Days Obfervatious 
where the Wind was moftly Eafterly, Cloudy, and 
Showery, with Thunder and Lightening. 
The Obfervations of the remaining Months are 
all of Naples , where, in 
October, the Wind was various, and fometimes 
ftormy, with Thundery frequent Miffs, and fome- 
times heavy Rain, amounting to 107 Meafures, 
which make 4 Inches 15 Meafures, and in the Mourn 
tains Snow. Fefuvius turbulent in the Beginning of 
the Month, and emitted a River of Fire. 
November was, for the moft Part, a cloudy mi r - 
ling Month, with Thunder and Rain; but of no 
greater Quantity than 7 j Meafures, which are equal 
to 3 Inches 4 Meafures depth Englijb. The Wind 
was more Northerly than in any other Quarter. 
The Fire of Fefuvius lefs. 
December was a wet,unfeafonable Month, the Rain 
being 179 Meafures, which is 7 Inches 18 Meafures 
in depth ; which following the Rains and unfeafon- 
able Weather of the preceeding Months, fo damaged 
the Fruits of the Earth, that publick Prayers were 
ordered for fair Weather. 
The Rain of the whole Year the illuftrious Ob- 
ferver computes at 3 Englijb Feet 7 Inches and 145 
Meafures. And to Ihew how much wetter this Yea* 
was than the others, he gives thefe Quantities of the 
Year 17x4, a- Englijb Feet 10 Inches, 14 Meafures; 
of 1715:, 2 Feet 10 Inches, 17 Meafuresjof 1 716, 
i Foot, 11 Inches, 14a Meafures. 
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