Meteorology. 499 
Averages of Mr. G. Walker’s account of Rain in Sale 
ford (Manchester), from 1786 to 1793 inclusive. 
Inch. Incorporated with mine. 
; January... 2.47 Seesevsseoeteseseose e 2 310 
“February... 2.75 sreccccesees sovececes 2.568 
PMEAT NE cio ccts SAU! seacacdsbeck,aurersee OOS 
APTI sissies, DBO" seceneisesses cnsecsace 2.000 
“May ccvcccsee BOE sovsrvceseseccsvere 2.890 
Tan orecrevee BBO ssccsocscesecseses oo 2002 
om Reais.” Patiala a 3.697 
August.eccce 4.78 srocssersesessevssess 3.060 
September.. 4.21 ....scsscccsecessveee D201 
Oetober..ore 4.51 sorscccvvecsssersees » 3.922 
November... 3.30 ....recrccesscscseess 3-000 
December,... 5.28 ...cccccccssrsecceess 3.832 
Total eoecee 43.08 36.140 
Whether we consider the averages: as de- 
duced from Mr. Walker’s observations, or 
from my own, or from the two united, the 
conclusion is equally obvious; namely, that 
the first six months of the year must be con= 
sidered as dry months, and the last six months 
of the year as wet months; also, that April 
is the driest month in the year, and that the 
sixth after, or October, is the wettest, or 
that in which the most rain falls, in a long 
continued series of years, in the immediate 
neighbourhood of Manchester. 
