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railroad. The ground rises gradually to the west and south of 

 Mr. Corwin^s house, where the instruments are located, but slopes 

 away from it in all other directions. The temperature and rain- 

 fall at this station should fairly represent the climatic features of 

 the highlands near the central lakes. 



The thermometer shelter is about 30 feet west of the house, and 

 is supported on posts at a height of 4 feet above the sod. Its 

 dimensions are about 3^ by 2^ feet at the base and 3 feet in height. 

 The sides are of board (unpainted), with a door of the width of the 

 shelter on the east side. Ventilation is obtained by spaces about 

 one-eighth of an inch in width between the boards, and by a large 

 number of holes bored in the sides at such an angle that rain is 

 excluded. The top double, with an air space_, and has a slight 

 slope. The thermometers are hung near the center of the shelter. 

 The rain-gauge is placed on a post 4| feet above the ground, that it 

 may be above snow-drifts. The only obstacles to a free circula- 

 tion of air in the vicinity of the gauge is a hedge of shrubs 20 feet 

 distant and about 12 feet in height. 



WESTERN PLATEAU — STEUBEN COUNTY. 

 'Station, Addison — Dr. H. E. Ainsworth, Observer. 



Established, December, 1890; latitude, 42 deg. 07 miu.; longitude, 77 deg. 16 min.; 

 elevation, l.COO feet. 



This station is situated in the village of Addison, in the valley 

 of the Canisteo river. Mr, Ains worth's house is about 500 feet 

 distant from, and 45 feet above, the river. Hills rise to a consid- 

 erable altitude on both the north and south sides of the valley. 



Dry and wet, maximum and minimum thermometers are ex- 

 posed under the roof of a broad piazza, having a frontage toward 

 the east and north. 



lA standard rain-gauge is located 75 feet distant from the house 

 and 40 feet from a barn. Its top is 4 feet 6 inches above the 

 ground. ;; 



