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  • After the froft there was fome warm, windy, (howery weather; but moft part of March was frofty mornings, and was often fo in - the fhade all day; and at the latter end ftrong cold winds, with fnow and perfe6l winter; and it did not much mend till near the middle of April. '

    Philosophical transactions 1785

  • The autumn was various; a dry and fine 06lober, toward the end of it iharp frofty mornings; a {howery November, with a fharp froft in the middle, yet often pleafant; and after Decem - ber 5th, a confiderable fnow (in fome countries it was very great) and a feverer frofl than is ufual before Chriftmas lafted tijll into January, % ii%

    Philosophical transactions 1785

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