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TABLE THE SECOND. 



Of the ^tantity of Rain in zvrt Summers. 



These refults fhew us that a Summer is reckoned wei 

 when it rains 1,8916 inches, or 12 lb. a month or more for 

 any two months. But in general in wet Svimmers there falls 

 about five inches, that is, above 36 lb. In three months. 



Hence the variable Summers are thofe in which there falls 

 between 24 lb. and 28 lb. in two months, or between 30 lb. 

 or 36 lb. in three months. Perhaps alfo thofe Summers are 

 called variable in which larger quantities of rain fall than thofe 

 here mentioned, if they fall at diftant intervals, as from twelve 

 to fourteen or fixteen days. But the former interpretation being 

 more conformable to the table, feems to me moft probable. 



In Spring the two laft months, April and May, are chiefly 

 regarded ; the terms wet, dry and variable are applied to them to 

 the fame extent as to the Summer months. 



In 



