MR. T. HOPKINS ON THE FALLS OF KAIN IN CUMBEELAND. 197 



the facts nor the reasonings founded on them are sufficient 

 to warrant the general conclusion drawn from them by 

 Mr. Millar. 



A return is given of the quantities of rain that fell in 

 twenty different places in Cumberland in the four years 

 1845-6-7 and 1848 ; and of these places we may, in the first 

 instance, take three as a sufficient number to shew how far 

 the facts harmonize with the law laid down, namely, White- 

 haven, Wastdale-head, and Seathwaite — the first being on 

 the sea-coast, the second, inland, at the mouth of the moun- 

 tain pass of Sty-head, and the third, beyond that pass, and 

 in the valley of Borrodale. In these three places there 

 fell in the years named the following quantities of rain, 

 namely : — 



Now, the differences in the heights of these three places 

 are not very great, but the differences in the quantities of 

 rain that fell are enormous — quite enough to warrant a sus- 

 picion, that the very large amount that fell at Seathwaite is 

 not attributable to the height of that place above the sea. 

 But in addition to those three places, there is the Pass of 

 Sty-head, 1,290 feet high, situated between Wastdale-head 

 and Seathwaite, on which a rain-gauge was placed ; it is, 

 however, so cold there in the winter, and the gauge is so 

 much affected by snow and ice at that season, as to prevent 

 reliance being placed on it during that portion of the year. 

 Yet we may compare the quantities of rain that fell in the 

 summer months only at Sty-head and Seathwaite, as given 



