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To the end of September, warm with frequent showers. To the end of October, frequent rain. To 18th November, dry, mild weather. (Hay-making finished November 9th, and the wheat harvest November 14th.) To December 23rd, rain. To the end of the year, hard frost.

1786. To the 7th January, frost and snow. To January 13th, mild with much rain. To 21st January, deep snow. To February 11th, mild with frequent rains. winds. To 10th March, hard intervals of frost. To the end the 1st and 2nd May, thick ice. June 14th, fine warm dry weather. heavy showers. To October 13th, warm, with frequent showers. To October 19th, ice. To October 24th, mild pleasant weather. To November 3rd, frost. To December 16th, rain, with a few To the end of the year frost and

To 21st February, dry, with high frost. To 13th April, wet, with of April, dry mild weather. On To 10th May, heavy rain. To From the 8th to the 11th July,

detached days of frost.

snow.

1787. To January 24th, dark, moist, mild weather. To January 28th, frost and snow. To February 16th, mild showery weather. To February 28th, dry, cool weather. To March 10th, stormy with driving rain. To March 24th, bright frosty weather. To the end of April mild, with frequent rain. To May 22nd, fine bright weather. To the end of June, mostly warm, with frequent showers (on June 7th, ice as thick as a crown piece). To the end of July, hot and sultry, with copious rain. To the end of September, hot dry weather, with occasional showers. To November 23rd, mild, with light frosts and rain. To the end of November, hard frost. To December 21st, still and mild, with rain. To the end of the year, frost.

1788. To January 13th, mild and wet. To January 18th, frost. To the end of the month, dry windy weather. To the end of February, frosty, with frequent showers. To March 14th, hard

To the end of March, dark, harsh weather, with frequent showers. To April 4th, windy, with showers. To the end of May, bright, dry, warm weather, with a few occasional showers. From June 28th to July 17th, heavy rains. To August 12th, hot dry weather, To the end of September, alternate showers and

sunshine. To November 22nd, dry, cool weather. To the end of the year, hard frost.

1789. To January 13th, hard frost. To the end of the month, mild, with showers. To the end of February, frequent rain, with snow-showers and heavy gales of wind. To 13th March, hard frost, with snow. To April 18th, heavy rain, with frost and snow and sleet. To the end of April, dark, cold weather, with frequent rains. To June 9th, warm spring weather, with brisk winds and frequent showers. From June 4th to the end of July, warm, with much rain. To August 29th, hot, dry, sultry weather. To September 11th, mild, with frequent showers. To the end of September fine autumnal weather, with occasional showers. To November 17th, heavy rain, with violent gales of wind. To December 18th, mild dry weather, with a few showers. To the end of the year, rain and wind.

1790. To January 16th, mild foggy weather, with occasional rains. To January 21st, frost. To January 28th, dark, with driving rains. To February 14th, mild, dry weather. To February 22nd, hard frost. To April 5th, bright cold weather, with a few showers. To April 15th, dark and harsh, with a deep snow. To April 21st, cold cloudy weather, with ice. To June 6th, mild spring weather, with much rain. From July 3rd, to July 14th, cool, with heavy rain. To the end of July, warm, dry weather. To August 6th, cold, with wind and rain. To August 24th, fine harvest weather. To September 5th, strong gales, with driving showers. To November 26th, mild autumnal weather, with frequent showers. To December 1st, hard frost and snow. To the end of the year, rain and snow, and a few days of frost. 1791. To the end of January, mild, with heavy rains. To the end of February windy, with much rain and snow. From March to the end of June, mostly dry, especially June. March and April rather cold and frosty. May and June, hot. July, rainy. Fine harvest weather, and pretty dry, to the end of September. Wet October, and cold towards the end. Very wet and stormy in November. Much frost in December.

1792. Some hard frost in January, but mostly wet and mild. February, some hard frost and a little snow. March, wet and cold.

April, great storms on the 13th, then some very warm weather. May and June, cold and dry. July, wet and cool; indifferent harvest, rather late and wet. September, windy and wet. October, showery and mild. November, dry and fine. December, mild.

A

COMPARATIVE VIEW

OF THE

NATURALIST'S CALENDAR,

AS KEPT AT

SELBORNE, IN HAMPSHIRE,

BY THE LATE

REV. GILBERT WHITE, M.A.;

AND AT

CATSFIELD, NEAR BATTLE,

IN SUSSEX,

BY WILLIAM MARKWICK, Esq., F.L.S.,

From the year 1768 to the year 1793.

N.B.-The dates in the following Calendars, when more than

one, express the earliest and latest times in which the circumstance noted was observed.

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