3’§ Mr, Hutchinson’s Obfervafions on 
fition which, I believe, is not far from truth, that the whole 
ifland has had the fame defect ; a greater failure of the pro- 
duce of the earth might have been expected than what the 
country has experienced; for, except in hay, and a little 
failure in turneps, the crops have in general been as plentiful 
as in moft of the former years, and in fruits of the orchard 
much more fo. 
It has always been faid of England, that drought never 
occafions want ; this year verifies the affertion. But to account 
for crops that, taken on the whole, are rather abundant, we 
may confult the following monthly ftate of rain for 1788. 
January 
Inches^ 
°,3 
February 
i ,7 
March 
°»7 
April 
0,0 
May 
0,6 
June 
1,8 
J«iy 
0,8 
Auguft 
3 > 4 
September 
3,4 
October 
°»3 
November 
0,2 
December 
1,3 
14,5 
Having premifed. Sir, that there were no extremes of cold 
and heat throughout the year ; the thermometer in a north- 
ern expofure never falling below the freezing point during the 
-day-time, except on the 14th and 15th of January, the 6th, 
7 th > 
