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METEOROLOGICAL 



number of days on which rain fell, and the 

 number of distinct falls of rain, hail and snow 

 observed in each year, are given in the follow- 

 ing table. 



In the interval comprised between the com- 

 mencement of 1821 and the termination of 1828, 

 it is worthy of remark, that the atmosphere did 

 not, in a single instance, remain completely 

 cloudless for the space of twenty-four hours, or 

 during the term of the natural day. 



It has been the fashion to ascribe the formation 

 of clouds, rain, and other aqueous meteors to 

 the agency of electricity ; and this fanciful hy- 

 pothesis is not even yet entirely exploded : we 

 may, however, reasonably expect, that ere long 



