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north for four days, and I believe tliat it was so all night, when I am 

 told it blew strong. Now they are all lying with their ends east 

 and west, and their side to the wind ; and farther, in some cases, 

 their tracks are still visible in the snow for twenty or thirty yards on 

 their north side, from whicli they have gathered up their concentric 

 coats ; and I understand these were still n-.ore evident at an early 

 hour before a snow-shower obliterated them in many places. 

 I am, Sir, yours very truly, 



Charles Clouston. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR FEB. 1847- 

 Chiswick. — February L Overcast. 2. Slight snow. % Cloudy. 4. Cloudy: 

 frosty. 5. Overcast. Q. Slight rain. 7. Overcast : snowing. 8. Sharp frost • 

 snowing. 9. Clear and frosty : intense frost at night. 10. Severe frost : snow- 

 ing. II. Overcast: slight thaw : severe frost. 12. Intense frost : clear : severe 

 frost. 13. Clear and frosty. 14. Rain. 15. Cloudy ; boisterous. 16. Over- 

 cast ; rain. 17. Fine. 18. Densely clouded : boisterous. 19. Boisterous : fine : 

 clear and calm. 20,21. Overcast : fine. 22. Hazy : overcast. 23. Hazy and 

 cold. 24. Dry air : clear and frosty. 25. Slight haze. 26. Hazy. 27, 28. 

 Cloudy and cold. 



IVIean temperature of ihe month 34°-79 



Mean temperature of Feb. 1845 43-32 



Mean temperature of Feb. for the last twenty years 39 '55 



Average amount of rain in Feb I '61 inch. 



Boston. — Feb. 1. Cloudy: snow p.m. 2. Cloudy: snow early a.m.: snow 

 nearly all day. 3. Cloudy : snow i'.m. 4. Fine. 5 — 7. Cloudy. 8— 10. Fine. 



11. Cloudy : snow on the ground. 12. Cloudy. 13. Fine. 14. Cloudy : rain 

 early A.M. 15. Cloudy. 16. Cloudy: rain early a.m. 17. Fine : rain early a.m. 

 18. Fine : rain P.M. 19. Stormy. 20 — 23. Cloudy. 24. Fine. 25. Cloudy. 

 26. Cloudy : snow early a.m. 27. Fine : snow p.m. 28. Fine : melted snow. 



Sandwich Manse, Grkitey. — Feb. 1. Snow : clear. 2. Snow: clear : frost: clear. 

 3. Bright : thaw : drizzle. 4. Damp : drizzle. 5. Showers : lightning. 6. Hail- 

 showers : aurora. 7. Hail-showers : snow-showers : aurora. 8. Snow-showers : 

 aurora. 9. Snow-drift. 10. Sleet : thaw : snow : frost. 1 1. Deep snow* : snow. 



12. Deep snow : bright : showers : thaw. 13. Thaw : rain. 14. Sleet-showers. 

 15. Cloudy : showers. IG. Showers. 17. Showers : rain. 18. Showers. 19. 

 Showers: clear. 20. Cloudy : rain. 21. Bright : showers. 22. Bright : clear : 

 aurora: large halo. 23. Bright: clear. 24. Cloudy: clear: aurora. 25. Clear: 

 frost : clear. 26. Bright : clear. 27. Clear : cloudy. 28. Cloudy. 



Apphgarlh Manse, Dumfries-sltire.— Feb. I. Frost: snow lying half an inch 

 deep. 2. Frost : slight shower : snow. 3. Frost. 4. Frost, but mild. 5. Thaw : 

 slight rain. 6. Thaw : fair. 7. Frost : clear and fine. 8. Frost, hard. 9. Frost : 

 threatening snow. 10. Frost: sprinkling snow. 11. Frost : fine : clear. 12. 

 Frost: sprinkling snow. 13. Frost a.m. : rain p.m. 14. Thaw, soft and fine. 

 15. Frost, slight : thaw : rain. 16—18. Hain. 19. Rain and sleet : fierce wind. 

 20. llain and wind. 21. Fair and fine: thrush singing. 22. Rain early a.m. : 

 cleared. 23. Slight hoar-fro»t : clear. 24. Frost : clear and bright sun. 25. 

 Hoar-frost. 26, 27. Frost. 28. Frost : clear and fine. 



Mean temperature of the month 36°'25 



Mean temperature of Feb. 1816 43 '4 



Mean temperature of Feb. for twenty-five years 37 -2 



Mean rain in Feb. for twenty years 2 inches. 



* Thi* morning the snow in many phices is found rolled up in hollow fluted 

 cylinders, the large:,t of which measures 3i feet long and 7 feet in circumference -. 

 one which measures 3 feet by 6J weighs (54 lbs. 



