Aimual Meteorological Results at Penzance. 77 



but from a continuance of wet, much of the early cut grass was 

 spoilt before it could be put in ricks sufficiently dry. 



July was also cold, showery, and windy till the 12th ; but the 

 latter part of the month was fine and dry, with four or five hot 

 days and nights, which matured the wheat. 



August was fine and dry till the 8th, during which time much 

 exertion was made by the agriculturists in securing the wheat 

 crops. The remainder of the month was showery and windy ; and 

 as scarcely any good opportunity occurred to get in the wheat in 

 a dry state, much was lost out of the standing sheaves in the fields 

 before it could be carried. 



September was wet and windy, which occasioned difficulties in 

 getting in the barley and oat crops, both of which were abundant, 

 and far superior in quality to those of several years past. The fruit 

 crops were also abundant, but they were generally deficient in na- 

 tural flavour, and mostly worm-eaten. 



October was very dry, calm, and fine, with a high atmospheric 

 pressure. 



November was boisterous and wet, which caused floods in many 

 places ; but the air was mild for the season, with the exception of 

 a few days. 



December was also wet and windy, and after the 10th, cold and 

 frosty, with snow at intervals, and a low pressure. 



The frequency of aurorse boreales in the autumn was remarkable: 

 fair descriptions of their appearances may be seen under the monthly 

 meteorological reports in this work. 



Extract from the Meteorological Journal kept at Penzance by Mr. 

 Giddy. 



The rain-^'fiuf^e is at the ^:roiiiiil-lcvcl, and the (h'y days (-oin|irchend 

 thoie iVAy-^ cm whicii no fall whatever takes place, — not the slightctt 

 shower. 



