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in the country. A prodigious quantity 
of rain fell : it cleared up at fix o’ 
clock ; but the wind continued blow- 
ing hard all night. At eight o’clock 
the $ was at 43 0 , at feven next morn- 
ing at 26°, at nine at 24°!, and the 
morning following, viz. the 18th, the 
mercury was at 1 j°. 
7 an . 
Feb. 
Mar. 
JJpr. 
May 
June 
1756. 
73 
15 
70 
27 
8 3 
29 
81 
4 S 
86 
44 
N ot obferved, being hindered by bufmefs . 
Seafonable weather. 
Seafonable weather. 
Plenty of rain : the feaf >n much colder 
than ufual, £ {landing frequently be- 
tween 6o° and 70°. On the 2 2d in 
the morning a black cloud came from 
the northward, foon overfpread the 
hemifphere, and threatned much wind 
and rain ; but foon blew over without 
much wind or rain. The fun (hone 
clear, and the weather calm, till to- 
wards noon, when clouds colledled 
towards the north and north - weft. 
About three P. M. there was the 
mod threatning appearance I ever be- 
held : the clouds in fome places of 
a deep green ; in others, of a footy 
black. At min. pall three it be- 
gan to rain and blow, attended with 
remarkable fevere thunder ; but as the 
thunder 
