WETHERSTONES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2318, 4 August 1898, Page 25

WETHERSTONES.

Al'GC'-t 1 — 3unny has had a > i'uii< the last iv.r, weeks, the weatho. ". \ ii 1 ? h- <"> tr.o ionc,h for the trappers lo \ i>i\\ ali J. Vi. Thoir.-on told me last YrA ; Hint In- !■ had lo stop packing rabbits it pic-^nt tr ccii ecjiip.ice of his not setting an.' i ccaiu-e <•' ihe weather. When the \\eaih"f pot* u^:e settled, however, he intended 10 comaiei.-_r settled, however, he intends to i.o.r.inencc py,?,i\ Limbing.— -Mr t>. Pearson, ot Mount i'jr.is>?nt, has the first lambs ot the sc?=on hero. I hope he will succeed in savins them, as lambs (except they were in good rheltei) woa'd stand a poor chance of surviving thiough the last two duys of July. "We a.tiie±? .—There have been a lew v-iy roucli days during the last iortivght, but the other days have been fine and frosty. The 17th began line, in the afternoon there came on a heavy south-east squall of wind and iain, and throughout the night, and up to noon of the next day, there were showeis of rain and snow. It cleared in the evening end commenced freezing. The following four da}s were fiostv, calm, and fine. The 23rd came in with frost, clear and calm. In the afternoon it turned cold and duli, and a faw snow-flakes fell, hea%y lain showers succeeding, "ml continuing throughout the night. _ IS'ext evening it began freezing again, continuing v- to noon of the C6th, when there was a shower, succeeded by frost. On the 27th there was frosc in the morning, but in the forenoon the vmcl spiang up from tho north-east, changing to r.orihv.ent and back, and blowing strong. There was frost on the two following moi-ninga, even with the wind at north-we=t. At noon of the 23th there were 3iot winds. ?>.d the barometer was lower that day (23.4U) man it has been this season. It rained Jieavily next morning, and all the forenoon, in the afternoon it began to snow, and become very rough from south-west, continuing so all night, saevmg and freezing. On the last day of July we ruul the worst snowstorm of the .season— fine drift snow, with half a gale of wind. The snow fell that heavily and thickly at time.-, one could not see any distance through it. Over Pin of snow has fallen. During the night it was freezing and dull, but this me; there is a thaw. In the month rf July there were 1-1 days with frost, \8 days v-jUi rain, md six clays on which snow Vil. Tho lowest readinsr of the thermometer was v>Cde^ at 8 a.m. on the 25th, ami outside 20cieg , the highest oSdeg at noon oi the 19th.