Mar, 14.
We are certainly having some extraordinary weather and England will soon lose her character as a very wet country. London was officially declared to' have entered into a state of drought on Tuesday night, though immediately after we had a slight drizzle which, however, soon ceased. The weather experts stated that for 14 consecutive days not more than 1/170th of an inch of rain fell on any one day. There has now.been.a partial drought for 40 days. Since the beginning of the year only 13 inches of rain has. fallen at Kew instead of the ayer-age amount of 5 inches. Thus, London has had less rain this year than any time since 1815,
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