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feet at the base, and 3 feet in lieigM. It has a slanting double roof 

 and slat bottom. The rajs of the sun to'ueli the top of the shelter 

 at noon, but are excluded from it at other times by the walls of the 

 building, and also by a pine tree west of the house. The walls 

 adjacent to the shelter are of wood. The height of the thermome- 

 ters above the ground is 6 feet. 



The rain-gauge is located 70 feet north of the house, and about 

 25 feet from a few small fruit trees. The top of the gauge is 5 feet 

 above the ground. 



ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY — ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY. 

 Station, Ogdensburg, at the St. Lawrence State Hospital. 



Established December, 1889; latitude, 44 deg. 43 min. nortli; longitude, 75 deg. 30 min. 

 west; elevation, 25S ftet. 



The State Hospital is situated on a broad, open plain, within 100 

 rods of the St. Lawrence river, and about 2 miles from the center 

 of Ogdensburg. The thermometers'(which belong to the hospital) 

 are located on a third-story balcony of the administration building 

 opening towards the west-southwest. They are exposed in a shel- 

 ter 24 inches broad by 30 inches deep, and 6 feet in height, louvred 

 from top to base (which rests on the piazza floor). The shelter 

 is painted brown. The dry and wet bulb and maximum and min- 

 imum thermometers are located midway between its sides, 

 being 5 feet above the floor and 36 feet above the ground. The 

 piazza becomes heated from the direct rays of the sun in the after- 

 noon; and hence the maximum temperatures indicated may be 



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somewhat too high. 



The rain-gauge is located 75 feet southeast fix)m the nearest 

 building, upon a lawn. Its top is 9 inches above the ground. 



