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The firft part of 1773 was very favourable ; the 
winter was mild ; there were frofts, but no fevere ones. 
The latter part of February was ftormy, and wet ; 
but, from thence to the beginning of May, there 
was a great deal of fine weather, dry, and a very 
good feed time ; and the grain came up very friendly : 
yet the drynefs of the feafon, and feveral frofty 
mornings, even till near the middle of May, made 
the grafs, and other things, very backward. 
The beginning of May many were apprehenfive 
of a drought, and the firfl; rains were very accept- 
able ; but fo exceedingly wet a fortnight followed, 
with great floods, and the fens drowned, that all 
were as much tired of rain, as before they defired it, 
and the crops of grain never recovered it. In the 
reft of the year there were many fits of great wet, 
but intermixed with fits of fair and fine. The wet 
of May was beyond example at that time of year. 
Juft the end of May, and almoft half June, were 
pretty fine; but then c&me wet again, till the be- 
ginning of July. The longeft fine feafon was the 
chief part of July and Auguft , and in that time the 
great crop of hay was well got, as alfo the firfl; part 
of harveft; and fome rains, at times, kept things in 
a growing ftate. The latter part of harveft, in Sep- 
tember, was wet, but not fo bad as laft year, and 
the harveft was more hindered than hurt by it. The 
wheat feed-time, in the middle of October, was 
good ; but mod part of the autumn was wet, efpe- 
cially the latter part of October, and firft half of 
November. Toward the latter part of November, 
there was a fmart, but fhort, froft ; and another 
longer, but more broken, the beginning of Decem- 
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