September ended on Saturday as cloudlessly as it began, and
Mr. Allnatt sends to the Times an account of the meteorology of the month. It has been a remarkable one—cloudless, hot, and un- healthy—the thermometer having ranged repeatedly above 80 deg. in the shade and 125 deg. in the sun. There was absolutely no rain throughout the month, but the fall of dew was occasionally very great, and on one occasion is estimated by another observer at a ton and a half per acre. But for this fall there would have been a drought,—which, as it is, prevails in parts of Europe to a dan- gerous extent. The dry weather, however, in the north rendered the harvesting easy, and in the south the wine crop is of almost unique richness. So great and good indeed is the produce, that the wine merchants, who raise their prices whenever it falls short, will probably call it a special year, and raise them again.
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