3?4 Mr . barker’s Regljler of the Weather , &c. 
when a hard froft, with fnow, made people think of a hard 
winter; but it grew mild again, was chiefly dark and cloudy, 
but little rain, and drying a good deal of December ; remarka- 
bly calm, but near a week’s froft about Chriftmas. 
The fickly feafons, which began in Auguft 1779, continued 
more or lefs all the year ; and about the fame time of the year 
increafed again. There were great numbers of fevers and agues, 
Decially in and near the fens, which were very obftinate, and 
did not yield to the ufual medicines, but frequently returned 
again, and hung very long on the patients. 
