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the afternoon. The two weeks following New Year's were 

 also marked by heavy rains and a general rise in temperature. 

 With this rise in temperature came a thaw which made travel- 

 ing under foot very disagreeable. January 16th, 17th, 18th 

 and 19th were clear and very cold. Light variable winds pre- 

 vailed on each of these days. 



On January 22nd, about three inches of snow fell. This 

 storm was accompanied by a northeast wind and a slight rise 

 in temperature. The last nine days of January were generally 

 fair, excepting the 26th, 27th and 29th when drizzling rains oc- 

 curred which eradicated all traces of the snowfall of the 22nd. 

 This -entire period up to the 31st was quite warm and only on 

 the last day did the temperature drop below 30° Fahr. 



The first tv/o weeks of February held forth almost daily 

 changes of weather. The Ist^ 5th, 11th and 13th were fair and 

 rather warm. On the 2nd and 8th sleet storms occurred. 

 Snow prevailed on the 3d, 6th, 7th and 9th and these storms 

 v/ere usually accompanied by a slight dropping of the ther- 

 mometer. On the 4th a heavy thunder and lightning storm oc- 

 curred and was followed by a rise in temperature and short 

 period of clear weather. The 10th and 14th were marked by 

 warm rains. 



The last two weeks were generally fair and moderate. 

 Snowfalls occurred on the 16th and 20th, but the snow did not 

 lie upon the ground in either case more than two or three 

 days. The temperature was variable throughout this latter 

 period. It did not drop to 25° Fahr, and for a major portion 

 of the time remained in the vicinity of the freezing point. 



In making the following records, I visited Wayne, Pequan- 

 nock, Pompton Plains, Pompton Junction, Upper Mountclair, 

 Great Notch, Newark Meadows and East Orange, and as the 

 basis of these operations used points about my home (Bloom- 

 field.) There were three places in Bloomfield in which exten- 

 sive observations were made on each day records were made. 

 These were on a twenty acre farm near my home which I shall 

 hereafter style "The Haunt," Noll's Swamp and Bennett's 

 Swamp. This farm which I have named "The Haunt" is an 



