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be done in one short evening, when the weather and situation of the 

 planets are both conducive to practice ; they have been so, for a long 

 time, during the present season ; another year they will be equally as 

 favorably situated ; and I sincerely hope these remarks may have a 

 tendency to cause some of your readers to observe for themselves, 

 being assured if they do, they will find themselves highly repay ed for 

 their trouble in the intellectual treat they will receive. 



METEOROLOGICAL TABLE 



BAROMETER. 



Monthly Mean 29-76 



Mean at 9 a.m 29 74 



Ditto 3 p.m 29-76 



Ditto 9 p.m 29 78 



Maximum on 12th 30 18 



Minimum on 22nd 29 25 



Range 0-93 



THERMOMETER. 



Monthly Mean 58^ 



Mean of Maxima 66 



Ditto Minima 51 



Maximum on 18th 79 



Minimum on 21st 44 



Kange 35 



Days 



WEATHER. 



Cloudy 7 Days 



Showers 10 



Continued Rain 2 



Lightning 2 



Thunder 2 



Clear 9 



Mist 1 



GENERAL RExMARKS. 



The weather during this month, so important to the farmer and the country in 

 general, has been upon the whole genial. The temperature has been but three or 

 four degrees below the average of the Metropolis for this month. Rain has fallen 

 on twelve days, but the whole amount has not been very considerable. The harvest, 

 in this part of the country, just commenced at the end of the month. 



EXPLANATION OF THE COLUMN HEADED " FORCE OF WIND. 



3 



A calm. 



1 Gentle breeze. 



2-= A little stronger. 



Brisk wind. 



Boisterous wind or hurricane. 



