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tioiis at Williamstown and at Albany, N, Y., do not differ 

 materially, so far as practical deductions arc concerned, from 

 those at Amherst. 



The amount of rain at Worcester, in the central section, in 

 1854, '55 and '50, was as follows : — 



Average for 

 15 years. 



March, . . 

 April, 

 May, . . 

 June, . 

 July, . . 

 August, . 

 September, 



Inches. 



;}.45 

 6.G9 

 6.78 

 3.05 

 5.G8 

 .35 

 5.53 



Indies. 



.23 

 5.39 

 1.G4 

 4.19 

 9.40 

 4.0G 



.20 



Inches. 



1.G9 

 3.34 

 G.55 

 1.44 

 2.68 

 13.14 

 3.39 



Inches. 



3.29 

 3.98 

 4.36 

 2.93 

 3.70 

 5.58 

 3.47 



The amount of rain at Providence, R. I., on our southern 

 border, was as follows : — 



Tlic amount of rain which fell at Bradford, in Essex county, 

 in the month of August alone, was sixteen inches, the greatest, 

 probably, ever known in one month in New England, while at 

 Nantucket it was but a fraction over one inch ; so that while 



