M >. Bar icer’s meteorological Regijler . 1 63 
THE year began open and mild, at firft (bowery, afterward 
drier and ftormy. The chief part of February was wet, but 
more fo for frequency than quantity. After a few mifty days 
there came in March above a fortnight’s (harp froft, the longed 
this winter, and with fevere ead winds cut things more than 
ail the winter before, which was in general an open one. 
The lad twelve or thirteen days of March the fpring fet in 
pleafant, and continued forwarding all April, and proved a 
very dry fpring® There were at times this year fits of ex- 
ceeding hot weather, the end of April, the fourth week in 
May, the third in June, and fecond in July ; but fo much 
windy weather, with hot fun and cold winds, that bees which 
were forward the beginning of May, and fome few fwarms fo 
early, feemed backwarder again at the end of the month. The 
grafs was every where (hort, and began to burn ; but a fine 
rain at the end of May drengthened the grain very much, and 
made the grafs grow in fome degree ; but it foon began to burn 
again in a dry June, with almod condant north and north-ead 
winds, fo that the padure was (hort, and very little hay. 
The end of June, and two-thirds of July, were very frequent 
fliowers and wind. There were in fome parts of England very 
heavy thunder-dorms, and more rain than they wi(hed for in 
hay time. The (bowers were light here ; they made the grain 
ear well, peafe and bean^fet thick, and brought the turnips 
pad the fly. The grafs aHb grew in fome degree, but burnt 
again before July was out, and more in Augud, of which the 
firft: ten days were dry ; but the (bowery latter part made the 
grafs grow confiderably, which was much wanted, and did not 
much hinder the harved, which was in general well got, and 
was good. The autumn was very fine, and fo much rain in 
one month, efpecially the third week in September, that there 
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