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convenient. The observations were made four times a clay, at 

 sunrise, 9 A. M., 3 and 9 P. M. The latitude being 42° 22' 

 48", the longitude 71° 1'. 



The mean temperature and the rain at Amherst, during the 

 growing months of 1856, was as follows : — 



Temperature. 



Fah-. 



March, 25°.88 



April, 4G°.44 



May, 55°.58 



June, 68°.66 



July, 72°.93 



August, 6G°.19 



September, .... 60°.79 



Amount of Rain. 



Inches. 



March, 1.118 



April, 2.510 



May, 5.313 



June, 1.920 



July, 1.955 



August, 12.132 



September, .... 3.472 



Average of 

 18 years. 



Inches. 



3.05 

 3.27 

 3.91 

 3.22 

 4.05 

 4.40 

 3.26 



The first of these places represents the eastern section of the 

 State, the second, the western ; and observations made at Boston, 

 at Bradford, at Salem and elsewhere in the eastern part, do not 

 materially differ from those at Cambridge, while tlie observa- 



