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general level of the hills to a height of 200 op 300 feet, half a mile 

 in the rear of the station. The ground falls away from Mr. Wil- 

 cox's house toward the north and west, so that there is an unob 

 structed view toward Buffalo plains and over Lake Erie. The 

 station is somewhat sheltered from the south winds by the ridge 

 mentioned, but air currents from all other directions have a free 

 circulation about it. The shelter of the Draper thermograph is 

 placed at the eastern end of a northern piazza, at a height of 4| 

 feet above the floor and 7 feet from the ground. The eastern and 

 western ends of the piazza are formed by wings projecting about 

 7 feet from the body of the house; the thermoigra/ph being placed 

 about 1 foot distant from the outer side of the piazza. The rays 

 of the sun are excluded from the shelter and its vicinity at all 

 times, excepting possibly for an hour in the late afternoons of sum- 

 mer. 



WESTERN PLATEAU — CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY. 



Station_, Jamestown — Mr. N. D. Lewis, Observer. 



Established in November, 1895; latitude, 42 deg. 06 mln. north; longitude, 79 deg. 

 16 min. west; elevation, 1,321 feet. 



This station is situated in the city of Jamestown, on the crest of 

 a hill extending in an easterly and westerly direction. The sur- 

 rounding country is hilly, mainly a moraine formation, intersected 

 by short valleys. 



Maximum and minimum thermometers are exposed on the east- 

 ern side of the house, at a height of 15 feet from the ground, and 

 are protected by a piazza roof. They are exposed to the sun's 

 rays only at sunrise in mid-winter. 



The rain-gauge stands on a level surface, and is 15 to 20 feet 

 from the nearest tree or buildings. Its top is 9 feet above the 

 ground. 



