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the first, and the swallow and martin both common. The foli- 

 age of the trees is nearly as late as last year. The oak and beech 

 have as yet hardly any appearance of frondescence. The ches- 

 nut has been out a week. The spring flowers are generally 

 late in i»loom about this neighbourhood. 



Tiint>iidj;e Wells, May 11, 1817. T. F. 



Meteorological Olservatioiis kept at JVallhamstow, Essex, from 

 April 1.5 to May 15, 1817. 



Usually between the Hours of Seven and Nine A.M. and the Thermometer 



again between One and Two P.M.J 

 Date. Tlierm. Barom. Wind. 

 April 



NW. — Cloudy and windy; floating cum7ili and 



clear sky; very fine day; star-light. 

 NW. — Sun and wind; stormy wind; clear; 

 clouds and wind; star-light. New rnooni, 

 N. — Clear and cumuli; cold gray windy day; 

 stormy v/ind ; some sun ; very dark night ; 

 some stars at 11 P.M. 

 N. — Windy and sun, and cirrostrntus ^fmeday, 



star-light. 

 N. — Sunshine; white frost; very fine day; 



star-light. 

 N. — Sun and cirrus; fine day; moon- and 

 star-light. 



21 43 30'40 N. — Clear and clouds, and windy; very fine 



day; moon-light. 



22 E.SE. — Clear and clouds; fine day; moon- 



light. 



23 48 30"40 NE. — Grayand windy; great shov/er at 2 P.M. 



and wind ; fine evening ; moon- and star- 

 light ; slight aurora boreaUs E.SE. at 1 1 

 P.M. 



24 33 3'0'40 N. — Wliitc frost ; c/rrov/m/ui^ and sua; drops 



of rain ; fine day ; cloudy and windy. First 

 quarter. 



25 43 30*22 N. — Gray and windy; slight rain; gray day; 



cloudy. 

 2G 38 30-22 I^. — Gray morning and gray day; cloudy. 



27 43 29*88 NE. — Sun, and cumuli, and great wind; very 



fine day; cumuli, and moon and stars, 



28 44 30-11 NE.—Giay and wind; gray; cloudy. 



29 47 30-00 NW. — Hazy; cloudy and windy; cumuli and 



wind. 



April 



