OBSERVATIONS ON THE FALL OF RAIN. 181 
TABLE. 
Bolton Water 
Works, Spring Bolton Mean at Bolton 
Water Reservoir 320 feet for 10 years, 
850 feet above | above the sea. ending 1840. 
the sea. 
1843. 
Inches. Inches. Inches. 
January 3.0 5.28 
(At the Water Works Re- 
servoir, from the 13th to hoe 
the 3lst.) 
February 1.47 
2.31 3.27 
7.58 2.50 
3.51 2.26 
2.81 4.54 
5.17 5.59 
4.19 4.4] 
1.05 4.24 
8.50 5.05 
6.36 5.84 
ev 4.17 
— 
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SCRE ONSCORONES 
September 
October 
November 
December 
— 
| 
> 
a 
S) 
January to the 13th, 
to complete the 12 
months 
iss) 
cs) 
49.40 49.20 
| 
For eleven complete) 
months, omitting| 44.12 
January, 1843.... 
Here, again, the important fact of the greatest 
fall of rain being upon the high ground is clearly 
proved. 
As to the full quantity of water which has 
ce 
