made at Kendal in Sept. Oct and Nov. 1826. 191 



The chain of hills which has received the appellation of the Back Bone 

 of England, and the English Apennines) and which rune in a S. W. direc- 

 tion from Cross Fell, through Yorkshire to Derbyshire, appears very ma- 

 terially to influence the weather on the N. Western shores of England. 

 It has been frequently remarked that on the W. side of this chain, torrents 

 of rain have deluged the countries adjacent, whilst on the eastern, the 

 neighbourhood, within a few miles, has been nearly free from them. This 

 circumstance may be accounted for on the supposition that S. W. winds, 

 which are here the most prevalent, being loaded with vapours from the At- 

 lantic and the Irish Sea, are arrested in their progress before they pass 

 this natural boundary, and occasion an extraordinary deposit of rain. On 

 the E. side of this ridge, falls of snow are much more numerous and deep- 

 er than on the W. side, snow showers here being generally accompanied 

 with an E. or S. E. wind, and for the same reason are principally deposit- 

 ed before they reach the western parts. 



The fear of prolixity prevents my making other remarks respecting the 

 peculiarities of this interesting district. — I am, very respectfully, &c. 



Sam. Marshall. 



Abstract of Meteorological Observations made at Kendal. 

 September 1826. 



Inches. 

 Maximum of the barometer on the 15th, - - 30.03 



Minimum of do on the 7th, - - - 29.10 



Mean height of do 29.68 



Maximum of the thermometer on the 3d, - - 68° 



Minimum of do on the 15th, - - 33° 



Mean height of do 53.68* 



Quantity of rain, 3.452 inches. 

 Number of rainy days, 13. 

 Prevalent wind West. 



October 1826. Inches. 



Maximum of the barometer on the 14th, - - - 29.99 



Minimum of do on the 25th, - - 29. 02 



Mean height of do 29.63 



Maximum of the thermometer on the 1st, - - 65° 



Minimum of do on the 6th, - - 29° 



Mean height of do ... 48.69° 



Quantity of rain, 4.362 inches. 

 Number of rainy days, 19. 

 Prevalent wind, S. W. 



November 1826. Inches. 



Maximum of the barometer on the 21st, - - 30.31 



Minimum of do on the 25th, - - - 28.69 



Mean height of do - 29.61 



Maximum of the thermometer on the 12th, - - 50° 



Minimum of do on the 28th, - - 21* 



Mean height of do - . - - 37.15* 



Quantity of rain, 4296 inches. 

 Number of rainy days, 11. 

 W. 



