the Weather , See. at Lyndon in Rutland. 549 
ground was much burnt, but not fo much as fometimes ; 
for two vei'y heavy thunder fhowers, June 27 and 28, 
kept the grafs from entirely failing. But as we had 
fcarce a fettled rainy day for half a year, only fhowers 
often with thunder, thofe places where they did not fall 
were much more burnt than we, which was the cafe in 
moft of the South and Eaft of England, and I believe to 
the North and Weft of us they had more rain than we. 
Many and heavy fhowers in the twelve laft days of July 
made the grafs grow again for a while ; but the harveft 
was exceeding fine, not a day’s hindrance, many finifhed 
in Auguft, and the crops were in general pretty good. 
At that time the ground burnt again pretty much, there 
were fome fhowers in September, but the fealbn was in 
general dry and calm, and it was upon the whole a very 
pleafant year. 
Frofty mornings began early, for there were fome be- 
fore September was out; and foon after the beginning of 
O&ober it grew wetter, often windy and frequent frofty 
mornings. This dark, wet feafon continued till toward 
the middle of December, and grew more ftormy, but 
fewer frofty mornings after October. In fcarce ten weeks 
there fell near half a year’s rain ; the drynefs of the 
ground carried it off for a good while, but it was very 
full of wet at laft. The wheat feed-time being early, and 
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