244 Mr. barker’s Regi/ler of the Weather , &c. 
The harvefl: was very late and tedious. The laft week in 
Auguft, which was the beginning of harvefl, was pretty well, 
and the beginning of September very fine, only the mornings 
were mi fly. In this time a good deal of the white corn was, 
well got ; but a great part of the barley was not then ripe, and 
the red: of the harvefl:, which in fome places was not finifhed 
till after October 20, was fo wet, it was well it could be got in 
at all tolerably ; yet from the coolnefs of the feafon, and the 
unripenefs of the barley, very little of it grew in this country 
or mod: others. The wheat was but a fmall crop ; the barley 
almoil univerfally bad. The bed: crop was that of beans; but 
hardly any thing was well ripened, and all forts very dear, 
wheat three pounds a quarter, barley two pounds, oats one 
d he three former years were pleafant and fine, chiefly dry, 
and often hot, but by no means healthy. This, which feemed 
a very bad one for cold and wet, yet appears to have been 
more wholefome. The latter part of the fummer and the 
autumn, there has been much lefs illnefs about the country 
than for feveral years pad:. 
A fortnight in the middle of October was tolerably fair for 
fmifhing the harvefl: ; then fome dorms and rains. The end of 
October and beginning of November concluded the eight 
months wet feafon, for the remainder of the year was dry. 
Almoft all November was much inclined to froft, and fome- 
times fevere, fo as to threaten a hard winter. There was a 
lmart frod the latter end of the month, which continued, 
though with fome breaks, above three weeks in November and 
December before it was quite gone ; after which the laft fort- 
night in the year was in general fine, calm, and mild : the 
