420 Dr BARNES'S Remarks on, and Tabular Results of, 



termediate points with the east. This classification, though it be 

 not the best, and may be regarded as fanciful and arbitrary, con- 

 tains a good general division of the winds. It would not be difficult 

 to look over the register, and make any other arrangement that 

 might be thought better. No instrument has been used to mea- 

 sure the force of the wind. Mr PITT has contented himself with 

 a verbal description of it. The winds, it may be proper to state, 

 were registered from the weathercock of the Carlisle cathedral. 



During the first three years of the journals, Mr PITT has 

 given daily observations of the state of the hygrometer. Not 

 being aware what instrument he used, I am not able to say any 

 thing respecting it, except from the imperfect state of hygrome- 

 ters at that period, little or no dependence, I think, can be placed 

 on his observations. If Mr PITT had considered his hygrometer 

 a good one, he would in ah 1 probability have continued to use it, 

 and would have entered his observations in the journals. 



The description of the appearances of the sky and clouds, is 

 vague and unsatisfactory. Had Mr PITT availed himself of Mr 

 HOWARD'S ingenious nomenclature of clouds, this part of the re- 

 gister would have been more explicit and definite. Mr PITT 

 had probably commenced his observations before the publication 

 of Mr HOWARD'S Natural History of Clouds, or before he be- 

 came acquainted with Mr HOWARD'S nomenclature, and found 

 great difficulty in adapting it to his register. 



In order to render the accompanying Journals more intelli- 

 gible and interesting, it may be proper to give some account of 

 the situation of Carlisle, and the instruments Mr PITT em- 

 ployed. 



Carlisle, the county town of Cumberland, is situate on a 

 gentle rise near the conflux of three rivers, the Eden, the Cal- 

 dew, and the Peterill, and has a fine champaigne country stretch- 

 ing out on each side. Its latitude is 54 53' 33" N., and longi- 



