MADAGASCAR, for the Month of JANUARY, 1829. 



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GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE WEATHER, &c. 



Weather cloudy. 



Weather clearer. 



Weather cloudy. 



Wind in the evening, west and strong. 



Heavy showers, with thunder and lightning. 



feather cloudy j during the last 18 hours, the wind went nearly round the compass ; heavy showers. 



Feather clear. Sunshine with gentle showers. Unsettled appearance. 



/eather in the morning clear, and till noon, with strong breezes. Trifling showers. Heavy dew in 

 the night. Fog this morning. 



Weather clear. Heavy dew in the night. 



I Weather clear till 3, then cloudy. Excessively heavy rain in the evening, when the bar, 

 and there was a corresponding fall of the sytnp. Much thunder and lightning. 



. sunk to 26 18'' 



Weather clear till about 2 P.M., then overcast. In the afternoon rain fell amidst a fog. A good deal 

 of thunder and lightning. 



f Sympiesometer, 27*72. 



Weather cloudy, especially after 2. Thunder and lightning, P.M. . -| Temperature, 74'6. 



(.Barometer, 25 '23. 



After 2 weather became cloudy. About 5 P.M., partial rainbow In the south-east. Moon obscure in 

 the evening. Constant gentle rain, with heavy showers in the night. 



Weather cloudy, with clear intervals. Fine day. Rainbow as yesterday. Rain began at 2 P.M. Heavy 

 showers. Moonlight and starlight evening, with clouds here and there. No rain in the night. Cloudy 

 and calm this morning. 



Clear intervals and showers. Moon Very hazy. Evening darkish. Some thunder and lightning with 

 showers, and fair intervals. 



Symp. and bar. kept rising all day. In the evening, symp. 27'98. Temp. 65. A uroraborealis in the even- 

 Ing. Moonlight and many constellations visible till 10 P.M., when the whole heavens became obscure ; 

 yet, as was to be expected, no rain fell ; but there was a strong squall. Morning cloudy. 



Beautiful day. Symp. and bar. fell a little after mid-day. Clear moonlight and starlight evening, and 

 many planets and constellations beautifully seen ; but at half past 9, not a single star was visible. 



Morningtine. Mid-daysultry and cloudy. At 1 P.M., symp. and bar. falling; at 2 weather overcast; at4, 

 symp. 27'83 ; temp. 71 ; bar. 25 - 83, when there was a heavy shower with thunder. Weather now fair. 



Weather cloudy in the morning. Fine from 9 in the morning till 2 P. M. ; then overcast. Symp. fell 

 to 27'94, and bar. to 2u'8 ; heavy shower at 3, then fair weather, alternatefy with thunder and 



showers. Sheet lightning in the evening. 



Weather cloudy and sultry ; at mid-day dew point 66 (black ball,) temp. 73. Fall of symp. and bar, 

 trifling; though there were heavy showers. Morning foggy. 



Weather cloudy ; then clear with sunshine and sultry. At 1 P.M., symp. 27 78, temp. 72'6, bar. 25'26, 

 dew point 62. Heavy showers at 1, 3, and 5 P.M. Rained all night. Now fair with sunshine. 



Weather cloudy, then fine, and again cloudy. After half past 1 rain began. Very heavy showers In 

 the afternoon, evening, and night, with fog. Now foggy. 



Weather cloudy, then fine, afterwards overcast, and rain commenced before noon. Thunder in the 

 afternoon with squalls and heavy showers. One remarka 

 trifling. When the wind was at s.w. there were squalls. 



afternoon with squalls and heavy showers. One remarkable heavy shower. Fall of symp. and bar. 

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Weather cloudy, then tine till near noon, when rain commenced. Heavy showers with thunder. Very 



uai -in, sultry, and oppressive at 2, and afterwards. 



Weather ve 



to sink at 



breezy, and even squally in the afternoon. " Much thunder. Appearance of a" surrounding storm. 



Conjecture that rain fell at a distance, 



jry tine from 9 A.M. til!2 P.M. ; then cloudy, and a trifling shower fell. Symp! and bar. began 

 1 1, and though the day was still very fine, they sunk till 2, when a trifling shower fell. Sultry, 



Though neither symp. nor bar. rose, weather very fine from 6 A.M. till 1 F.M. , then cloTidy and sultry. 

 Much thunder in all directions, and continued heavy rain with breezes. 



Fine weather, though cloudy and sultry. Symp. and bar. nearly stationary all day; a little rain. 



Symp. and bar, ascended in the evening. Aurora borealis in the evening. 

 Weather cloudy, sultry and fine. No rain during day. Symp. and bar. rose in the evening. A heavy 



shower between 5 and (> this morning. Now cloudy. 



Fine weather toward 4 P.M., symp. fell to 1V76, and bar. to 25 26, but they soon rose again. No rain. 



Magnificent starlight evening. 



Fine weather. Symp. and bar. fell a little in the evening. Heavy shower at 11 last night. Now 

 cloudy, but with indication of fair weather. 



Beautiful weather. Last twenty-four hours, symp. and bar. varied very little. At 6 this morning a 



trifling shower. 



