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CAROLINE RUMBOLD 



TABLE 1. 



April 22-27 inclusive 



April 28-May 4 



May 5-11 



May 12-18 



May 19-25 



May 26- June 1 



June 2-8 



June 9-15 



June 16-22 



June 23-29 



June 30- July 6 



July 7-13 



July 14-20 



July 21-27 



July 28-August 3 



August 4-10 



August 11-17 



August 18-24 



August 25-31 



September 1-7 



September 8-14 



September 15-21 



September 22-28 



September 29-October 5 



October 6-12 



October 13-19 



October 20-26 



October 27-31 



Totals 



MEAN WEEKLY 

 EVAPORATION 



235 

 220 

 201 

 152 



93 

 123 

 182 

 204 

 211 



77 

 170 

 166 

 181 

 184 

 170 

 179 



95 

 121 

 138 



96 

 140 



69 

 118 



97 



41 

 147 



44 



98 



3.33 

 3.13 

 2.84 

 2.15 

 1.32 

 1.74 

 2.74 

 2.89 

 2.98 

 1.09 

 2.41 

 2.35 

 2.56 

 2.61 

 2.41 

 2.54 

 1.34 

 1.72 

 1.96 

 1.36 

 1.98 

 0.97 

 1.68 

 1.38 

 0.58 

 2.07 

 0.62 

 1.39 



56.14 



MEAN WEEKLY 

 RAINFALL 



6.1 



2.15 

 7.65 

 1.75 



0.825 



1.6 



5.0 



2.54 



0.33 



6.8 

 '6.35 



0.43 



1.19 



1.7 



0.23 



6.5 



4.15 

 1.7 

 2.56 

 3.25 



62.8 



inches 



2.4 



0.85 

 3.02 

 0.69 



0.325 



0.63 



1.97 



1.0 



0.13 



2.68 

 2.5 



0.17 

 0.47 

 0.67 

 0.09 

 2.56 



1.63 

 0.67 

 1.05 

 1.19 



24.7 



According to these figures, the average weekly evaporation is 

 about 2. cm., the weekly precipitation 2.24 cm. During the year 

 the total amount of rainfall was about 41^ inches. The hill sheds 

 a great deal of this water. Twice in the period from April to 

 November the meadows of the little valley draining the hill were 

 flooded. 



Between April 28 and 30, the buds on the chestnuts showed 

 green leaves; throughout October the leaves yellowed and dropped 



