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1 generally ascertain the direction of the wind, 

 by observing that of the smoke which issues 

 from a lofty chimney, favourably situated for 

 the purpose ; and my practice is to register 

 every change obsefved, whose duration is not 

 merely momentary. The prevailing currents in 

 this neighbourhood, it will be seen, are the 

 S.W., W., N.W., N.E., and S.; those of more 

 rare occurrence being the N., E., and S.E. As 

 I possess no instrument for determining the force 

 of the wind with precision, I have contented 

 myself with rudely estimating it from its general 

 effects. On the present occasion, I shall only 

 give the number of high winds recorded, with 

 the months in which they occurred. 



From the observations thus collected and ar- 

 ranged, it is obvious, that the winter months 

 are much more subject to boisterous winds, and, 

 consequently, to those atmospherical phenomena 

 which are dependent upon them, than the sum- 

 mer months. 



A few remarks on the distance to which spray 

 from the sea is sometimes carried inland by 



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