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half an inch, with a tremendous storm of wind and rain, and 

 continued falling till night; on the morning of the 8th it had 

 risen three-tenths, and continued rising until night, when it 

 was up half an inch higher than the preceding night, and so 

 continued rising for several days. 



1835. Jan. 17. — Thermometer exposed with northern 

 aspect, stood at 20° at 10 o'clock p.m. 



Jan. 20. — Thermometer exposed with northern aspect, 

 stood at 24° at 9 o'clock p.m. 



Jan. 23. — Thermometer exposed with northern aspect, stood 

 at 48° at 10 o'clock p.m. 



Jan. 25. — Thermometer exposed with northern aspect, stood 

 at 51° at 9 o'clock p.m. 



Feb. 1. — Thermometer exposed with northern aspect, stood 

 at 56° at 4 o'clock p.m. 



1836. Dec— Between 10^ o'clock p.m. of the 13th, and 10£ 

 o'clock p.m. of the 14th, the barometer rose from 29° to 30°, 

 one inch in twenty-four hours. 



1839. Jan. 6. — Storm began about lOf o'clock ; barometer 

 falling rapidly for some time before. It fell to 28*15 before 

 1 o'clock of the morning of the 7th, between which hour and 

 7§ o'clock a.m. it had risen to 28*62. Thermometer had 

 stood at 31° at 9 o'clock a.m. of the 6th, and rose to 50° at 

 10 o'clock p.m. of the same day. I calculated that it fell one 

 inch and then rose half an inch in twelve hours' time. At 9^ 

 o'clock a.m. of the 7th, barometer stood at 28*75; at 10^ 

 o'clock a.m. of the 7th, barometer stood at 28*81. Began to 

 fall again at 1 1^ o'clock a.m; at 1 \ o'clock at 28*90 ; at 4 o'clock 

 p.m. stood at 29*05. 



On Tuesday morning, the 8th inst., at 71 a.m., the baro- 

 meter stood at 29*60, being a rise of \\ inch from Monday 

 morning at 1 o'clock a.m. to Tuesday at 7 o'clock a.m. = 

 thirty hours. 



Feb. 1. — At 1\ o'clock a.m., thermometer stood at 21°. 



Feb. 8. — At 8 o'clock p.m., thermometer stood at 54°, with 

 a very high wind. 



Feb. 13. — At night and morning of 14th, barometer 29*85; 

 thermometer 44°. At 1 1 o'clock p.m., in five hours after, viz. 

 at 4 o'clock a.m., barometer 29*55; thermometer 51°. At 

 7 o'clock a.m. of the 14th, barometer 29*60 ; thermometer 47°. 

 At 9 o'clock a.m., barometer 29*70. On the 15th and 16th 

 a storm of snow and wind. 



1840. Jan. 18. — From 11 o'clock p.m. to Jan. 19, at same 

 hour, the range of the barometer was about eight-tenths of an 

 inch, being a fall of five-tenths and a rise of three-tenths, with 

 a gale of wind and severe showers. 



