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Tlie maximum and minimum thermometers are exposed out of 

 -a north window of the second story of Mr. Ford's house. They 

 are 13 inches from the window, which is never opened below 6 

 inches above the thermometers. A hinged hood is provided for 

 protection from morning and evening sun, and weather. A roof 

 extends out from the building, four and one-half feet below the 

 Instruments. 



The rain-gauge stands upon the ground and is 20 feet distant 

 from a low building, which offers little obstruction to air circu- 

 Tation. 



EASTERN PLATEAU — ULSTER COUNTY. 



Station, Mohonk Lake, at the Mountain House — Mr. A. K. 



Smiley, Observer. 



Established In November, 1895; latitude, 41 deg. 47 min. north; longitude, 74 deg. 09 mln. 

 •west; elevation, 1,236 feet. 



This station is situated about 12 miles west of the Hudson river 

 upon a mountain ridge separating the Shawangunk and Wallkill 

 valleys. Immediately east of the station the ground falls away 

 precipitously for several hundred feet to the valley lands, and 

 thence, more gradually, to the Wallkill river, between which and 

 the Hudson the surface is comparatively flat. There is also a sharp 

 descent from the Mountain House to the valley on the northwestern 

 side. The summit of the range is a ridge of rocks rising a hundred 

 feet or more from the easitern border of Mohonk lake; the Moun- 

 tain House being situated in the northwestern side, and com- 

 manding an unobstructed view over the valley in that direction. 



The dry, wet-bulb, maximum and minimum thermometers are 

 exposed on the southeastern piazza of a small building belonging 

 to the hotel, and fronting toward the lake. The instruments are 

 secured to the side of the house, and are protected by the piazza 

 roof, which is about 17 feet wide. They are exposed to the rays 

 of the sun between the hours 8 and 9 a. m. Their height above 

 the ground is 10 feet, amd above the water surface 18 feet. 



The rain-gauge stands on a floating boat wharf at a distance of 

 150 feet from the nearest building or woods. The top of the gauge 

 is 3 feet above the lake. 



