OBSERVATIONS ON THE FALL OF RAIN. 169 
above the sea. #2ndly, the head of that valley on 
the westerly edge of a tract of table land on the 
summit of the hills, probably 1500 feet above the 
sea. 3rdly, the head of Ashop-dale upon the flank 
of Kinder Scout, upon the easterly edge of the 
summit plain, perhaps 1600 feet above the sea, 
and fourthly, at the easterly foot of the hills in 
the valley of the Derwent, at Bamford Mills, 
near Hathersage. This place may be 300 feet 
above the sea. Mr. John Kershaw, of Hurst, 
has kindly superintended the taking of the ob- 
servations at the two first stations, and Mr. W. 
Moore, of Bamford, undertook the charge and 
trouble of looking after the proper registering of 
the others. 
The following table contains the result of these 
observations to the end of 1842 :— 
