500 Meteorology. 
It would be interesting to enquire.how far 
these conclusions apply, to Great Britain in 
general, or to, Europe at large, or still more 
generally, to the Northern temperate zone. 
In the 4th Vol. of the Society’s Memoirs, 
page 576, is given an abstract or summary 
of Mr. Hutchinson’s account of Rain, at 
Liverpool, for 18. successive years,’ namely, - 
from 1775 to.1792-inclusive... The: annual 
average is 34:4 inches. Every one of the 
first six months yielded less rain (on the 
average) than any one of the last six, months 
of the . year. March . was the. driest, and 
October the wettest.month in the year. 
In the same volume, page 580, ‘there are 
given the results of 16 years’ observations of 
the rain at Dumfries, by Mr. Copland, 
namely, from 1777 to. 1793... The annual 
average was 37/ inches. ‘The, driest month is 
April, and next to.it March,;, the wettest, is 
September, and next to, it October ;; and. 
each of the first, six months of the Tae ot 
drier than any one of the last six. 
, At Chatsworth, | (Derbyshire) from, the 
\oaee 
following averages os 16 years, (1777, to 
1792 inclusiye,) as per table. 
- Here again we see that March is the ry " 
