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tense dry frost, hardly any snow on the 
ground; {4th to 26th, cloudy, and otten 
hazy and fovsy, air coldish, but little 
from; -26th, to end, fine mild weather, 
wind westerly almost the whole of the 
month; barometer, on the 24th, higher 
than for several years before. __ 
Afarch.—During the first five days we 
had fine mild spring weather, wind west ; 
all the rest of the month the wind being 
uniformly easterly, the weather proved 
cold and dry, with the exception of the 
24th, and part of the 25th, when we had 
a fall of snow, though it dissolved imme- 
diately after. The hills, however, con- 
tinued very white, vegetation made hardly 
_any progress this month, but the ground 
was dry, and in good condition for agri- 
cultural Jabours. 
April proved an uncommonly severe 
raonth,—First three days rather clear 
and sharp. On the 4th we had a violent 
storm of wind and rain from the south- 
west, which was followed by ten days of 
fair moderate weather, wind west and 
north-west. The next ten days resem- 
bled the middle of winter, havimmg heavy 
falls of snow on the 17th, 18th, and 21st, 
air feeling very cold, with northerly 
winds: 26th to 29th, cold rather abated, 
shifting from north to east, and shifting 
to the west on the 29th, the air turned 
sensibly milder. Vegetation as’ yet very 
backward, and grass made little appear- 
ance. 
fay.—During the whole of this 
month, the weather was mild and favouar- 
able to vegetation, and ina great mea- 
sure compensated for the backwardness 
of the former part of spring. We had 
not many, either very cold or warm days, 
but always moderate and agreeable wea- 
ther, with frequent refreshing showers. 
On the 7th and 9th, we had thunder- 
storms, accompanied with hail of an un- 
usually large size. Winds this month 
rather variable, mostly inclining to the 
south of east and west. Swallows ap- 
peared the first week. 
June.—First three days agrecable 
enough. brisk wind from ~south-west, 
4th to 10th, coldish weather, often cloudy 
and misty, with a good deal of rain; 
wind rather easterly, 10th to SOth. ‘In 
general, serene, .agreeable, and mo- 
derately warm; sometimes clear, but of- 
tener cloudy and hazy; no rain except on 
the 14th and 22d, when we had some 
heavy showers, wind rather westerly. 
- . July proved very warm throughout. 
First half was quite dry, so that the pas- 
ture was locking rather brown; during 
Staie of the Weather at Edinburgh in 1808. 
¥t 
[April 1, 
the last fortnight, however, we had’ a 
great deal of rain,- frequently accompa’ 
nied with thick mist, wind rather easterly, 
often calm. The rain proved favourabie 
to the grass fields, which by the end of 
the month recovered their verdure, also 
to the late corn as yet light in the ear, 
but rather retarded the ripening of the 
forward and heavy crops in the low - 
country. 
August.—We had a great deal of rain 
the first ten days, but the weather after- 
wards gradually improved, and the: last 
furtnight was favourable, both for ri- 
pening and cutting down the corn. This 
month has been uniformly warm, with 
the exception of the 96th, 27th, and 
28th, which felt rather cool. Till the 
#5th, we had either: easterly winds or 
calms, but after that the west wind pre-, 
vailed till near the end of the menth, 
when it yeered rather to the south. Har- 
vest commenced in this neighbourhoed 
about the 15th, and got by dezrces more 
general to the end of the month, when 
the greater part of the crop of the coun- 
try adjacent, was actually cut down. 
Crop. in general good, except wheat, 
which has suffered by the blight. | 
September.—First fortnight, weather 
rather unsettled, frequently rain; -bat 
from the 15th to the end, in general fair, 
and favourable for the conclusion of har- 
vest, which even in late and remote parts 
of the country, was pretty well advanced 
by the S$0th: dst to 8th, wind was wes- 
terly , thence to the 15th, east and north-— 
east, aud often misty; 15th to 22d, winds 
rather variable, hitherto the weather had 
continned mild; some days guite warm, 
but after the 22d (autumnal equinox), 
we had a sudden change from heat. to 
cold; from that time, to the end of the 
month, west and north-west winds pre- 
vailed, and felt very sharp. Potatoes, by 
this time, ascertained fo be an abundant 
au’ excelient crop. 
October —First six days serene and 
pleasant, wind westerly: 7th and Sth 
were very stormy, wind shifting from 
south to north. Next four days were 
telerably agreeable, but weather getting 
colder, wind north-west, 12th to 20th, 
air exceedingly cold, with north and 
north-west winds; snow lying on the 
ground on the 14th. A storm of wind 
and rainvon the 20th, brought about a 
milder temperature; wind changing to 
south-west; but till the 29th, we had a 
great deal of. windy, showery weather, 
barometer keeping very ‘low. The last 
three days were “serene and pleasant, © 
barometer 
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