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(i  leaft;  they  were  deceived  by  the  height  of  the  corn 
“ and  grain,  and  coldnefs  of  the  weather. 
“ Auguft  23.  A rain  happened  at  Ketton  feaft  of  24 
“ hours  continuance,,  caufed  a flood  on  the  meadows  for 
“ four  or  five  days,  fo  the  herd  had  fcarce  a place  to  feed 
“ on ; the  tethering  grafs  for  the  horfes  was  all  fpent, 
u and  we  were  forced  to  take  them  to  houfe  till  the  corn 
a was  off. 
“ All  garden-fluff  was  a month  later  than  fome  other 
“ years ; no  berries  on  the  hedges ; no  weather  for  pit- 
u coal  carriage ; no  caterpillars,  flies,  &c.  no  kidney- 
u beans,  or  very  few,  being  deftroyed  by  fnails  and  cold- 
<{  The  year  being  moftly  wet  and  cloudy,  things  tranf- 
u planted  wanted  no  water  nor  fnading ; no  fruits  were 
“ well  ripened  ; no  grapes  at  all. 
“ In  Auguft,  wheat  between  five  and  fix  fliillings  a 
u ftrike  (bufhel) ; barley  above  four  (hillings  and  fix- 
pence  ; maflin  five  drillings;  oats  dear. 
“ Note.  The  year  1735  proved  the  fame,  in  almofl 
u all  particulars.” 
REMARK  BY  T.  BARKER. 
I have  heard  a grazier  of  this  town  fpeak  of  that  year 
1725.  I think  his  account  of  it  was  this : that  it  was  the 
warmeft  and  forwarded  fpring  he  remembered,  till  April; 
peafe. 
