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and Galway. On the 7th, about fixty-four miles N. W. of 

 Dublin, I met a violent ftorm with rain and fome hail. From 

 the 8th to the 12th there was fcarce any rain, but variable 

 weather thence to the 16th, and dry from that to the 21ft. 

 On the 1 6th an aurora borealis. After the 2 1 ft every fecond 

 day was wet until September the 23^', from which day 'until the 

 27th it rained only at night ; wind conflantly W. or S. W. 

 On the 26th an aurora borealis, and a ftorm accompanied with 

 thunder, which lafted alfo the next day. 



OElobcr the 4//^, I refumed my obfervations in Dublin. The 

 weather was generally wet until the 2 2d, when the wind 

 changed to the Eaft for a few days, after which it again turned 

 rainy until November the i6th. On the 14th a remarkable 

 aurora borealis, after which fucceeded a calm, each day alter- 

 nately wet and dry until the 26th, when the wind ftood at 

 North, accompanied with a froft which lafted until the 30th. 

 On the 27th at night the thermometer was at 27°, wind high 

 at North Wejl. 



In December the weather was moftly fine until the 17th, 

 when there was a violent ftorm at Wejl, fucceeded by a few 

 days froft. The 21ft another ftorm at Weft, as alfo on the 27th 

 and 30th, but the weather mild. 



At B E L F A S T. 



Belfast lies in latitude 54" 38'. 



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