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ley the mountains rise to a height of about 1,000 feet, and to a 

 somewhat less elevation on the northern side. The valley at this 

 point is about one-half mile wide, the station being located near 

 its center. 



The maximum and minimum thermometers are exposed in a 

 doorway about 2 feet deep, on the north-nopthwest side of Mr. 

 Sharpe's house. 



The instruments face toward the northeast, and are never 

 reached by the direct sunlight. The hall into which the door leads 

 is unheated. The walls of the building are of wood. The ther- 

 mometers are about 8 feet above the sod. 



The rain-guage is 20 feet distant from the south side of the 

 house. The top of the gauge is 2 feet above the ground. 



EASTERN PLATEAU — ORANGE COUNTY. 



Station, Middletown — In Charge of Selden H. Talcott, M. 



D. At the State Hospital. 



Established January, 18D0; latitude, 41 deg. 25 rain, north; longitude, 74 deg. 25 mln. 

 west; elevatii n, 700 feet. 



The State hospital is located about 1 mile southwest of Middle- 

 town, and is about 50 feet above the city. The ground slopes 

 rapidly away from the station toward the north and east, but 

 southward the country is nearly level with the station, or rises 

 slightly above it. 



The dry and wet maximum and minimum thermometers are ex- 

 posed on the northern side of a wing of the hospital, one and on^e- 

 half stories in height. The instruments are secured to frame- 

 work facing the window, 2 feet distant from it, and 10 feet 

 above the ground. The thermometers are about 4 feet below the 

 poof, which, extending 4 feet beyond the wall, is utilized as a 

 shelter. The rays of the sun are entirely excluded from the in- 

 struments and the sod beneath, in the morning by the high wall 

 of the main building, which extends for 170 feet or more toward 

 the north, and in the afternoon by a northern extension of the 



