during the Quarter ending December SI, 1848. 189 



the 8th and the 20th the fluctuations were very frequent, with 

 generally larger decreasing than increasing readings. On the 

 25th the reading was 29*1 11, and was the lowest in the month. 

 On the 26th, at 6^ p.m., it had increased to 29-749, and after 

 this the readings were low, and with slight variation to the 

 end of the month. The extreme difference of the readings 

 during the month was 0953 inch. 



From November 1 to 6 the readings were between 29*6 and 

 29-4; it then increased from the latter reading to 30*248 on 

 the 10th at midnight. On the 15th the reading was 30*348, 

 which was the highest during the month. On the 18th, at 

 midnight, the reading was 29'417; on the 19th the increase 

 was 0*520 inch, and on the 20th the decrease was 0*454. On 

 the 23rd, at midnight, the reading was 29*048, which was the 

 lowest in the month. On the 25th, at noon, the reading was 

 29*984 ; after this the changes were small till the end of the 

 month. The range during the month was 1'300 inch. 



On December 1 the reading decreased 0*436, and was 

 29284 at midnight; on the 2nd it increased 0*253, and on the 

 3rd, at 10^^ a.m., it was 29*730; it then decreased rapidly, 

 and the lowest reading during the quarter took place on the 

 5th at 6^ A.M. ; it increased slowly till the 7th, and then quickly 

 from the 7th to the 10th. The reading was above 30 from 

 the 10th to the 13th ; it was between 29*5 and 30 from the 

 13th to the 18th. On this day, at 6^ p.m., it was 29*677, and 

 on the 22nd, at midnight, the reading was 30*266, the highest 

 during the month. The reading was generally high till the 

 end of the month. The range during the month was 1*432 

 inches. 



At Stonyhurst, from Nov. 1 to 6, the readings were between 

 29-098 and 29*355, it then increased to 30*150 at 1 1 p.m. ; on 

 the I2lh it remained above 29*8 till November 17, when it 

 decreased suddenly to 29*518, and gradually to 28*923 on the 

 20th ; it increased to 29*110 on November 21, but decreased 

 to 28*624 by 3^ p.m. on the 22nd ; it then increased steadily 

 till November 25 at 9 a.m., when it was 29*615, and the varia- 

 tions afterwards were small. 



On December 5, at 9^ a.m., the reading was 28*421, the 

 wind at the time blowing strongly from the west. 



Charles Charnock, Esq., of Stourton Lodge, Leeds, has 

 kindly furnished me with the following agricultural repprt for 

 the North Riding of Yorkshire. 



" The continued rain from the 20th of September to No- 

 vember 1 prevented any large quantity of wheat being sown, 

 even on dry lands; and that which was sown was finished in 

 a very unsatisfactory manner. The comparative dry weather 



