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[Oct. 



OdobcT 22(1. 

 Dt. Morton, President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Richard C. Taylor presented the following meteorological obser- 

 vations made at the Isthmus of Panama, at Port Royal, Jamaica, and 

 at sea, in October, 1849. 



Table cotiatructed from a few Meteorological Notes, chiefly in regard to the daily 

 temperature at noon, on the east coast of the Isthmus of Panama, Port Royal, 

 in Jamaica, atid on the return voyage to New York ; for the month of October, 

 1849. 



By Richard C. Taylor. 



Date. 



Fosition. 



OhscTvations at noon. 



Oct. 6 On shore, at Escribanos, Prov. Veragua 

 l\ do. do. 



8 Off shore, 



9 On shore at Chagres, 



10 

 11 

 12 

 15 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 27 



do. do. 



do. do. 



At anchor, one mile from Chagres, 

 do. 

 do. 

 Caribbean Sea, 



do. 

 Port Royal, Jamaica, 



do. 



At sea, close nnder St. Domingo, 

 do. off Maraguana Island, 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 



SljAt New York, 



off Cape Henlopen, 



There appear to be some peculiarities, not readily accounted for, in the periods 

 of Rainy and Dry seasons upon the Isthmus of Panama, at points which are not 

 very far distant from each other, on the same coast. 



Thus, the rainy season at Escribanos, in the Province of Veragua, we under- 

 stand, is the reverse of that at Chagres, which place is situated at only sixty or 

 seventy miles distance. 



At Chagres, the dry season begins in December and ends in May , and the 

 principal rainy months are those between May and November. 



On the other hand, at Escribanos, the most rainy months are those which 

 extend from November to the end of March. The inhabitants at this time are 

 confined to their houses and have few opportunities of getting out of their doors. 

 What is called X]\edry season in this vicinity, is from April to the end of October. 

 Still, storms and showers occur almost daily in those months; and, in reference 

 to the entire year at Escribanos, we remember the somewhat vague remark of 

 the French Negro proprietor there " it rains every time." 



