548 Mr. barker’s Regifler of 
This fumrner having been hotter than ufual, I here 
give an abftra£t of the hotteft month in it. 
Barometer. 
Thermometer. 
Higheli 
Lowell. 
Mean. 
In tl 
High. 
be He 
Low. 
)ufe. 
Mean 
A 
High. 
.broad 
Low. 
l. 
Mean 
June 22 
to 
July 21 
Morn. 
Aftern. 
29,82 
29,10 
29*58 
701 
73 i 
62! 
6 3 
651 
66 
85 
54 
70 
61 
75 
The year began with froft. The fharpeft and longeft 
this winter which lafted about a fortnight; but the fnow 
never got deep, and the froft towards the end was much 
broken, and the winter was not, on the whole, either fevere 
or wet. Some windy wet weather followed the froft; but 
it was oftener dark, fair, calm, and cold, and frequently 
fcarce either froft or thaw. The fpring feed time was 
good ; at firft dark and cold, but a fortnight at the end of 
March and beginning of April was funny, fine, and 
warm, and fome days quite hot; then it turned cold 
again, with feveral very ftiarp, frofty mornings, and 
fometimes hail and fnow. 
Towards the end of April it grew mild and growing 
again; frequent fmall fhowers, and fometimes windy 
the firft half of May. As fummer advanced it was drier 
and hotter; very much fo in June and July, being the 
hotteft fummer fince 1762, if not iince 1750. The 
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