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 Rh whereas, in London there was no complaint of deficiency; and on the western coast, rain was so abundant that two crops of hay were generally secured, and the autumnal grass was most luxuriant.

As Malvern has the reputation of being a remarkably healthy spot, it would be interesting if any statistical facts, shewing the value of its claim, could be produced; but it is impossible to select any such, applicable only to the village or the locality on the hill; they are mingled with those of the whole of a large parish, nine-tenths of the area of which is in a flat, or nearly flat vale at the foot of a chain of elevations, which tend rather to deteriorate than improve the atmosphere of the level surface in their immediate vicinity.