THERMOMETER, AND RAIN. 575 
been amused with making enquiries of persons of 
intelligence and observation, which months of the 
year they would judge, in a general way, to be 
the wettest and driest of the twelve, and have oc- 
casionally received for answer, that April was the 
wettest and October the driest ; whereas, the very 
reverse appears to be the fact on reference to the 
average of a sufficiently long series of years.— 
