282 Mr. barker’s Regifer of 
The ground was unufually dry the firft half of January, 
and want of water in fome places. Inclined to froft, but not 
fixed; one for a week was followed toward the end of the month 
bv a fmarter but (hotter with a good deal of fnow, and went away 
with rain and floods ; then (bowery, and in February often 
(lormy. The month of March was drier,, generally fine,, a 
good feed-time, and the middle of the month warm and grow- 
ing ; but cold N.E. winds at the end. Soon after April came 
in, the weather was fine and-growing, fometimes (bowery, and 
the middle being very warm brought on things very much ; 
hut the end of the month, and beginning of May, cold N.E. 
winds, yet fometimes hot fun. About the middle of May was 
lhowerv and growing; but the end of it, and beginning of 
June, hot, dry, clear, and burning June 3d, began (bowers 
and often thunder, which being feveral times repeated for a 
fortnight, and hot weather with it, made plenty of grals in 
this country and fome others ; but where tire rains were (mailer, 
as they were about London, in Suflex, and other places, it 
only frefhened the ground without growing much. The begin- 
ning of hay-time was very fine, a wet week in the middle did 
net greatly hurt the hay, and was very good for the turnips, 
then newly fown. The latter half of July, and almoft all 
Auguft, were very diy, hot, and burning ; the harveft almoft 
all very well got, except fome of the peaie, which were either 
not got in, or the hovels not thatched, when the great rain 
came September 2. There was a great crop of wheat, but in 
fome places it was mildewed ; the barley was univerfally good ; 
the peafe uncertain. The general prices were, wheat thirty-eight 
(hillings, barley lixteen or feventeen (hillings, oats eleven or 
twelve (hillings, peafe and beans about twenty-two or twenty- 
three (hillings a quarter. 
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