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ed side frame was broken up to the distance of a few inches. 

 Another of the holes which penetrated the terrace, was si- 

 tuated nearly over the other side piece of the door-frame, 

 which was also split down in two or three pieces, the surface 

 of the wall above did not appear to have been injured, but 

 two or three holes, apparently not deep, were observed in the 

 side of the doorway on the surface of the wall, against which 

 the side piece of the door-frame was situated. The lower hinge 

 of the opposite half door was slightly melted at two points, 

 and the fine chunam on the opposite side of the door-way, ra- 

 ther above the level of the hinge, was blackened to the extent 

 of about 6 inches in length and 3 in breadth, as if the electric 

 fluid had passed down the inside of the wall out at the surface, 

 against which the side of the door-frame was placed, and, 

 splitting the door-frame, struck the opposite hinge and surface 

 of the opposite side of the doorway. The upper piece of the 

 door-frame was a little split near the mortices, but the under 

 piece was not injured. The broken surfaces of bricks were 

 slightly vitrified, and surfaces of chunam plaster blackened, or 

 of gray colour." 



Results of the Year 1816. 



The observations of this year were made on a more extend- 

 ed scale, and the remarks on the weather are detailed at con- 

 siderable length, though deficient in precision. The mean tem- 

 perature of the year was 75.75 ; at sunrise, 61.7 ; in the after- 

 noon, 89-8 ; the mean temperature of the night, 68.7, of the 

 day, 82.7 ; of the coldest decad in the year (13th January) 

 67.8, at sunrise, 54.9, in afternoon, 80.9 ; of the warmest de- 

 cad (25th April) 85, at sunrise 67, in afternoon 103 ; of the 

 coldest day, 15th January, 64 ; of the warmest, 20th May, 90. 



December, January, February, 71.3. 



March, April, May, 82.08. 



June, July, August, 75.83. 



September, October, November, 74.66. 



Mean temperature of the river 76. 



The average height of the barometer is 27.568.* The pres- 



" Hence the elevation of Seringapatam is 2112 feet, assuming the pres- 

 sure at tlie level of the hea to be 29.88, and the mean temperature of the 

 intercepted column of air = 78°. 



