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here were about 1774 and 1782, which I have therefore com- 
pared with last year, in No. I. where I have set down the 
whole rain, and cast up the sum, from January the first, to 
the end of every month, in each year : and it appears, that to 
the end of January, to the end of February, and of March, the 
wettest was 1774, the next 1782, and 1792 was less wet than 
either of them. The very wet April and May in 1782 altered 
the order of them ; and to the end of April, of May, of June, 
of July, and of August, the wettest was 1782 ; the next 1774; 
and the last 1792. September, 1774, that wettest of all months 
in fifty-seven years, altered the order again to 1774, 1782, 
1792 ; and it continued so to the end of the year. In No. II. 
I have given some of the greatest twelve months, whether be- 
ginning with January or not ; and the greatest 365 days is 
from October 3, 1773 to October 2, 1774, which is 39,724 
inches ; and all that I have here given exceed 1792. In No. 
III. is the greatest three years, from May 9, 1773 to May 8, 
1776, which is 101,455 inches; and the greatest seventeen 
months, from May 9, 1773 to October 8, 1774, is 56,277 
inches. In No. IV. are the greatest nine months, January 6 
to Octoberb, 1774, 30,727 inches; and several others, to 1792, 
24,162 inches. In No. V. are several of the greatest six months, 
from 1774, 24,304 inches, to 1792, 20,257 inches. In No. VI. 
are several of the greatest three months, from 15,477 inches 
in 1774, to 10,998 inches in 1792. The greatest month last 
year was, from August 16 to September 15, 5,108 inches, 
but I have had thirteen greater; the most of all was in 1774, 
8,270 inches; the rest are set down in order in No. VII.; 
and the last is that in 1792. Lastly, in No. VIII. I have set 
down together the wettest times in all the several cases. 
