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On the Quantity of Fallen Bain in the Lake Districts of Cunt' 

 herland and JVestmor eland. By J. F. MiLLER, Esq. Com- 

 municated by the Author. 



Notes, 



At the close of October, Gatesgarth and Wastdale ex- 

 ceeded Grasmere by 17*16, and 5*40 inches respectively ; but 

 the excess in the latter locality in November and December 

 has turned the scale as regards "Wastdale, and reduced the 

 excess at Gatesgarth to 3 inches. The fall at Langdale, dur- 

 ing the seven months the instrument has been up, is only 

 lOj inches short of Seathwaite ; and, taking the other five 

 months in the same proportion, gives 136 inches for the 

 whole year. 



At Seathwaite, there have been thirty-one days in which 

 the fall was between 1 and 2 inches, five days between 3 and 

 4 inches, one day between 4 and 5 inches, and one day be- 

 tween 6 and 7 inches. 



On the 27th November 1845, there was measured at Seath- 

 waite 662 inches, and on the 26th and 27th nearly 10 inches, 

 being the greatest quantity of rain which has ever been mea- 

 sured, in the same period, in Great Britain. At Langdale 

 Head, in Westmoreland, the fall on the 27th was 6*28 inches, 

 and on the 26th and 27th nearly 9 inches. The consequence 

 was, the heaviest flood which has occurred at these places for 

 at least sixty years past. Windermere Lake had not been 

 so high for the last fifteen years ; on the night between the 

 26th and 27th it rose 2 feet in perpendicular height ; the 

 quays along the banks of the lake were immersed in water, 

 and much wood was carried away by the current and lost. 

 Keswick Lake had not been so high since November 30, 

 1838. Of the total quantity of rain measured in the vale of 

 Borrowdale in 1845, 106*58 inches fell in the six months of 

 January, March, August, October, November, and December, 

 and nearly 46 inches in the two latter months. 



