184 Meteorological Report. [Sept. 1,- 
The potatoe-crops; though in fome places‘they appeared full ftrong and luxuriant in their 
growth, in many others they were cbferved to be thin, and as if ftinted in their growth, by the 
érynefs and heat of the weather. Thofe that have been taken up are however, in general, found 
to be of a good quality, a ‘ . 
. ‘Fhe bean and pea crops, omall-the more {tiff kinds of f{til, feem to be very promifing. 
‘Furnips we remarked in many inftances tobe thin and patchy, though, on the whole, they 
may be faid to have a favourable appearance, : 
Hops have gone on very well, and will probably afford a good and abundant crop in moft of the 
ditri€ts where they are cultivated. 
Applesin fome of the cyder diftri¢ts are likewife faid to be a very full crop; but in other 
places, they have almoft wholly failed. 
From the continued fnenefs of the weather, an unufual quantity of Rozen has been cut and 
taade in the mott pertect ftate. mS 
The fallows and other lands in a, fate of preparation for wheat, have been put in the mot 
faitable condition, 
In the grazing diftricts there was feldom a greater abundance of grafs at this period ;—the 
prices cf both fat and lean ftock however, ftill keep high. At Smithfield Market, Auguft 24, 
beef fold from 4s. 4d. to 5s, mutton, from 5s. to 6s- veal, from 4s. 8d. to 6s. pork, from 6s. te - 
6s, 3d.—At Newgate and Leadenhall Markets, beef, from js. 4d. to 4s. 6d. mutton, from 
4s. Sd. to 5s. Gd. veal, from 4s. to §s. qd- pork, from 6s. to6s. $d. P 
Hay. At St. James’s, 4l. to 61-—At Whitechapel, 41. 19s. to 61. 6s. 
Elover, At Whitechapel, 6]. ros.to 71. 7s, 
Straw» AtSt. James’s, 21. 175. to 31, 6s—At Whitechapel, 2]. 125. to 31. 3s. 
ee eee SBME Sioa 
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. 
Ghferwvations on the State of the Weather, from the 241b of-Fuly, to the 24th of 
Augujt, inclufirve, 1801, two miles N.W. of St. Pauls. 
Barometer. . Thermometer. 
Higheft jo. 15. Aug. 7 & 8, Wind E. _ | Higheft 78°. Aug.7, Wind changeable 
Lowes BS 46. july +O to Aug. 1% Wind] Lowe 530. Aug. 23, Wind E. 
* very changeable. 
{ Between themorn- - ( The thermometer, -at 
ings of the 29th ph Bie the hotteft part of the 
and 4Cth ult. the Greatett \ So day onthe 29th of July 
| variation in 
} _mercury fell from ‘ ftood at 68°..on the next 
GS ee U 2-2 sips 29:67 to 29.46:| *4 oe day at the fame hour it 
es ~~ € ofan inch} and- between the rofe to 76°. or fummer- 
SEO OS ee rit and 2d of the] - . heat. - 
prefeat morth it = 
| rofe from 29.46, to 
| 29.63. 
Fhe quantity of rain fallen during this month is equal to 2.522 inclres of depth. . 
Since our lait report we have had a long feries of fair weather. The principal part of the 
rain fell on the 2d and 3d inftant, during the whole of which days, as well as on the pre- 
ceding one, the barometer was gradually rifing. Fair weather tet in on the,4th, which, 
with the exception of a fingle day, has continued ever fince. About g o'clock in the even- 
ing of the 13\b, after the rain, tne wind blowing from the eaft, the atmoiphere {warmed 
with very fmall flies, which difappeared the next morning. — 
The thermometer has been at 78° on one day only, and on.that day the wind fhiftedto all 
points of the compals favice in the courfe of eight or ten hours. inten days the thermometer 
_has been as high as 76°, or fummer heat; and during the-whole monti the degrees of heat 
have varied but little from day to day. i 
We have remarked 22 days without rain; and in the courfe cf the month the wind has 
b’own either directly or-partially from the eaft 26 days out of the 3%. _ 
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