Mr . barker’s Regijler of the Weather . 371 
In four years, 1740, 41, 42, and 43, there came but 
in. 
66,361 of rain. In the laft four years 1772, 73, 74, 
in. 
an< 3 75, there was 124,957, which is nearly twice as 
much. 
The proportion that the mean months bear to the whole 
years at feveral periods. 
1736-4° 
41-50 
51-60 
61-70 
7 i ~75 
3^-75 
January 
•°54 
.076 
.078 
.069 
.070 
•°73 
February 
.051 
.046 
.052 
.074 
•°73 
.061 
March 
•047 
•074 
.066 
•°49 
.058 
.061 
April 
•057 
•°75 
.086 
.056 
035 
.065 
May 
•°75 
.064 
•073 
.071 _ 
.094 
.074 
June 
*°75 
.123 
•°97 
.112 
.079 
.101 
July 
• J 39 
.11 1 
•i 34 
.107 
.072 
.111 
Auguft 
.163 
•059 
.122 
•°99 
.111 
.105 
September 
• IJ 3 
•095 
.062 
.074 
.156 
.092 
O&ober 
.081 
•°94 
.071 
•“5 
.102 
•°93 
November 
.052 
. 105 
'°73 
.100 
.084 
.086 
December 
•°93 
.078 
.086 
.074 
066 
.078 
1. 000 
i. 000 
1. 000 
1. 000 
1. 000 
1. 000 
The year began favourable, the winter was mild and 
not in general wet; there was indeed a pretty deal of 
rain the firft half of February, but the latter part of 
that month was warm and forwarding, and the fpring 
continued to advance from that time with much fewer 
frofty mornings and N.E. winds than there frequently 
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