Mr. barker’s Regijler of the Weather. 351 
The year began wet, but there foon fell a greater quan- 
tity of fnow than for feveral years paft : we had perhaps 
the fliarpeft froft fince 1740, and it was more intenfe 
at the latter part of it than at the beginning. The froft 
went away finely the beginning of February, and without 
much rain till the fnow was almoft gone ; but a good deal 
of the middle of February was ftormy and wet, and it was 
chiefly wet till about ten days in March, yet not cold. 
Then the feafon grew dry; the feed-time was fine, plea- 
fant, growing warmer, and in the middle of April hot. 
There was great plenty of blofloms of all forts, and the 
grafs came on well; but the wheat, which had been left 
thin by the great froft and fnow, was rather hurried on 
too fail. It grew colder at the end of April, and was cool 
and dry moft part of May, with chiefly Northerly, winds. 
During this time the wheat mended much, but rain 
began to be wanted, of which there came fome in June, 
and brought on both corn and grafs. The latter end of 
that month and July were only fhowery and hotter, fio 
that the hay was got in well; and toward the end of July 
and beginning of Auguft, the ground began to burn 
pretty much, when after fome very hot days there came 
a great deal of wet. 
The courfe of the feafons this year was I believe the 
fame in all places. Dry fpring and beginning of fummer, 
fhov r ery June, drier July, very hot beginning of Auguft, 
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