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as R<>ss averages {very nearly) 2 feet to the mile. The distance by river from 

 Hereford to Eoss is 26^ miles, and Mr. Southall's garden is (by aneroid) 100 

 feet above the river. Thus the summer level of the river at Eoss is 99 "58 

 feet above the sea and INIr. Southall's garden 199'58 feet above the sea. 



In " The Transactions also for 1870, page 232, Whitfield is said to be more 

 than 400 feet above Hereford ; it should be, moi-e than 200 feet. 



In note to Rainfall Table for 1870 Stretton Eectory is said to be 2 miles 

 W.N.W. of Hereford ; it should be 3 ?ft(7es 1 /wWongr. Also the Arcbenfield 

 rain guage is said to be 280 feet above the sea. It should be, about 200 feet. 



In note to Eainfall Table for 1871 Fownhope is said to be lower than 

 Hereford. But the rain guage is at the Vicarage, which stands higher than 

 the village and many feet higher than the river. See Eainfall Table for 1-873. 

 In " Transactions " for 1871, page 35, for Lei/ster's Pole read bench mark. 



In the year 1867 the following Eainfall tables were printed in "The 

 Woolhope Transactions " : — 1st, the Pool Cottage records, by the late Captain 

 Pendergrass, extending over 25 years, viz., from 1818 to 1842 ; 2nd, Hereford 

 Eainfall, by the late Henry Lawson, Esq., St. Owen's-street, Hereford, ex- 

 tending from 1826 to 1841 ; 3rd, the Titley records, by the late Benjamin 

 Boddington, Esq., of Burcher Court, Titley, extending from 1841 to 1852 ; 4th, 

 the Eocklands records, by J. M. Herbert, Esq., from April, 1852, to the end 

 of 1857. 



These tables were unfortunately printed without correction, and the 

 following errata were very kindly furnished by G. J. Symons, Esq. 



Pool Cottage records : — For 22 years, in first line, read "25 years"; at 

 August, 1818, for 0'52, read "0"50"; at total for same year, for 27 '09, read 

 " 27-27 " ; at total for 1828, for 88-05, read 38-03 ; at total for 1837, for 30-12 

 read "30-14"; at May, 1842, for 2-42, read "2-45"; at total for 1842, for 

 29-90, read " 29-92 " ; at total of all the May totals, last line, for 52-17, read 

 " 52-19 " ; and in same Une, at total of August totals, for 59-18, read " 59-16." 



Eocklands records : — At April, 1861, for -66, read " -60 " ; at December, 

 1852, for 4-36, read " 4-46 " ; at total for 1852, for 36-17, read "36-27 " at total 

 for 1861, for 31-91, read "31-85." 



3rd. Eesult of a careful measurement of the Eiver Wye on the Ordnance 

 Map, in lengths of one-eighth of an inch each : — 



From Hereford Bridge to Panson, Im. ; Vineyard, Im. 7f.*; Hampton, 

 3m. 5f. ; Mordiford, 6m. 5f . ; Fownhope, 9m. 2f. ; Mancel's Ferry, 11m. ; 

 second Eailway Bridge, 13m. 4f. ; Hoarwithy, 15m. 3f. ; SeUack Ferry, 

 17m. If. ; third Eailway Bridge, 18m. 2f. ; Much Fawley, 19m. 4f. ; Island at 

 Court Farm, 22m. ; Foy, 22m. 4f. ; fourth Eailway Bridge, 24m. ; Eoss, 

 26m. 2f. ; Walford, 31m. ; Goodrich, 31m. 7f. ; Bishop's Wood, 33m. 2f. ; 

 Symond's Gate or Yatt, 37m. ; Eocklands, 38m. 2f. ; Whitchurch, 39m. 2f. ; 

 (the Wye leaves Herefordshire at Little Hadnock, 43m. 3f. from Hereford 

 Bridge) ; Monmouth Bridge, 45m. 2f. ; Chepstow Bridge, G.m. 2f. ; Mouth of 



