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October the wettest, and all the former six 
months drier than.any one of the latter,: 
) By combining the'10 years’ observations of 
Dr.:Campbell,: of! Lancaster, | ( Memoirs, A, 
page 264 and 591) we obtain similar results 
nearly. March is the driest, and August the 
wettest month at’ Lancaster: But ten years is 
too short a period to obtain true means.—I 
have the rain at Lancaster for a subsequent 
period: of 10 years: (1802—1811) furnished 
me by-my friend John Ford jan. Esq. of 
Ellel; which likewise. gives March for the 
driest, but October-for the wettest ‘month of 
the -yéar/i vrei ui bor 
«In the. Annales de Chimie & tle ph sibs 
(Vol. 8th—1818) there is an account of rain 
. at. Viviers, lat. 44°29’ N. long. 2° 2’ E. of 
Paris, by M. -Flaugerges:': The monthly 
‘means for 40 years’ observations (from 1777 to 
1818,) are stated, from which it appears that: 
February is the driest: month in the year and 
October the wettest. The annual average is 
34 inches (French). | The year 1801 was the 
wettest: in» that: period,’ yielding 48 inches 
(French), ‘and 1779 was the driest, yielding 
20 inches! 7 lines..” Viviers, which is’ in the 
S. E. of France, has however some essential 
differences from Great Britain in regard to 
rain. 'Therethe months of July and August 
