Mr.  barker’s  Regijler , &C,  555 
The  year  began  with  hard  froft  and  a large  fnow, 
breaking  fometimes ; but  a fevere  feafon,  being  chiefly' 
froft  and  fnow  till  about  the  20th  of  February ; when, 
after  wret  and  floods  at  its  going  away,  it  was  mild  the 
latter  end  of  February  and  beginning  of  March:  then 
cold  again ; fhowery  the  middle  of  the  month,  and  three 
days  about  Lady-day  hotter  than  is  ufual  fo  early  in  the 
year,  the  thermometer  abroad  being  68.  The  fpring 
feed  time  was  fine,  and  the  ground  green,  but  not  much 
grafs,  the  weather  being  in  general  windy  and  cold  till 
near  May-day : it  then  grew  fhowery,  and  though  ftill 
cool,  grafs  and  grain  came  on  very  faft.  Once  this  year, 
about  June  1 oth,  after  fome  dry  hot  weather,  the  ground 
began  to  burn  ; but  from  that  time  to  the  end  of  July, 
there  was  fo  much  rain  that  the  quantity  of  grafs  and 
hay  was  very  great,  fome  of  which  was  well  got,  though 
fome  was  fpoiled  ; the  crops  of  grain  were  good,  but  too 
rank,  and  much  laid.  The  harveft  was  rather  late,  but 
moft  of  it  very  well  got,  the  latter  part  of  the  fummer 
being  clearer,  hotter,  and  drier  than  it  had  been  before, 
and  it  continued  hot  later  than  ufual,  for  the  thermome- 
ter in  the  fhade  was  74,  near  the  end  of  September. 
There  was  a great  deal  of  rain  in  Odtober  and  November, 
yet  as  the  ground  was  dry  before,  and  the  rain  came  by 
fits,  with  fine  weather  between,  the  wheat  feed  time  was 
X x x a,  very 
