326 On Salt Rain 
ral people have been struck with the phe- 
nomenon, and have mentioned it in my hear- 
ing, without m¥ having obtruded it upon 
their notice. From this I am led to conclude 
that the effect has perhaps been greater than 
in any former instance remembered. These 
considerations have induced me, in the ab- 
sence of more important matter, to throw a 
few observations on the subject before the 
society. 
The facts and observations above-mentioned 
may be thought sufficient to establish the 
opinion, that salt water is sometimes brought 
to this distance from the sea in a storm; but 
I was desirous to corroborate the evidence by 
other observations. It occurred to me that 
the water collected from the houses at that 
time ought to shew unusual signs of salt. I 
happened to have some rain water that had 
been collected from the society’s premises 
previously to the storm: this was examined, 
and found to contain the most minute trace 
of muriatic acid. The water in the same 
tub after the storm was next examined: the 
tub was nearly full when the rain began to 
fall on the 5th instant; but as the quantity of 
rain was great, and it all ran into the tub be- 
fore the overflow, the waters must have been 
well mixed. It was found to haye 20 or 30 
