195 _ . Meteoralozical Report. [March 1, 
But though the field hufbindry has in fome degree been impeded by the wetne’s of the feafon, 
a fine opportunity has been given to the planter, and much bufinefs of the planting kind has 
eer ae Hedging and ditching has not been fally accomplifhed, except in particular’ 
tuations. . 
The prices of cattle, both-of the fat.and lean kinds, notwithftanding the great akundance of 
food, are ftill high. At Smithfield Market, Monday, Feb. 22, beef fold from 4s. 8d. to 6s. 
muttd®, 5s. Gd. to 6s..8d. veal, gs. 6d. to 7s, 6d. pork, 5s. 4d to6; 4d. At Newgate.and Lead. 
enhall Markets, beef fold from 4s. to 5s. 4d. mutton, §s. toss. 8d. veal, 4s. 8d. to 6s. 6d. pork, 
gs. dd. to 6s. 4d. ; “- 
Flay and ftraw are on the decline. Price of hay at St. James’s Market, Feb. 20. hay, 31- 355 
to 51.85. ftraw, rl. 4s to 2]1-3s.6d. At. Whitechapel Market; hay, 41. tosl.ss. clover, 
51. ros. to 61, 10s. ftraw, 11. 12s. to 1]. 13s. ~ 
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. 
Obferwations on the State of the Weather, from the 24th of Fanuary to the 
24th of Febryary 1802, iaclufrve, two miles N. W. of St. Pauls. 
Barometer. 
Higheft 30.2. “Jan. 28. Wind S. W. : | Thermometer. 
Loweft 29- Feb. 13. Wind E. Highet 57°X. Feb. 22. Wind S. W. 
- 
odes sth rate Between the 
eo wee mornings of the 
pie Greate s § 
at 29.65, at the| Greate t 12°, < 23dand 24th inf. 
fame-hour on the} Vatiation in oe ape 
DBs : thevariation inthe 
24 hours. 
thermometer was 
~ from 50° to 38°. 
Greateft > 
Variation in € dreds of 
24 hours. 5 an inch 
Onthe morning|Lowet 26°. Feb. 8. Wind N. 
ee. 
F 6thit marked only 
\ 2Q.i- 
Quantity of rain fallen this month is equal to 2-076 inches of depth. 
‘The changes in the ftate of the atmofphere, both with regard todenfity andtemperature, have 
been very frequent, but not very confiderable, fince the laft report. The mo material 
variation in- the barometer was obferyable from the 4th to the 6th. On the morning of 
the former day, it ftood at29.6, at noon it had fallen two-tenths of an inch, at’night it had be- 
gun to rife again, and continued to get up till the next evening, when it ftood at 29-7. In the 
courfe of the following eight hours it had fallen to 29-1 x this great and fudden depreffion was 
fucceeded by aday of heavy rain; the wind'S. S. W. : 
From the 2th of January to the 7th inft. the thermometer averaged at the warmett part of the 
day,rather more than 46%. Betweentheeighth and fixteenth inclufive of the prefent month, the 
nights were frofty, but the days in general remarkably mild and pleafant ; and from that period 
to the 23d the heat has increafed, fo mueh fo, astorender it, during the laft three days, fultry, 
and oppreflive. 
In the frit half of the moath the wind was S.S.W. and fince, it hasbeen chiefly Weft ; only 
four days has it blown from the eafterly points. We have had fixteen days. without rain or fnow. 
The firtt appearance of the fnow-drop in flower, was on the ninth of the prefent month. 
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