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supposing, and that the moming average in particular can 
hardly be relied upon as conveying an accurate idea of the 
morning temperature. 
The following table presents the number of rainy days in 
1803 and 1804, years remarkable for the difference in their 
great leading features, the first being a year of unusual scarcity, 
the second of uncommon abundance. 
1803.—Days of 1804.—Days of 
Heavy rain. Showers. Heavy rain, Showers. 
Jan. . — ws. _—. 3 EE See 3 
Feb. ice Ie St A 1 eee oo 
March — sia eee ee eI Ci) — 
April . — eee sooth awh atere we — eons 
1 ol ge ale Saar erat R EES Se oo, iy a ae oieate 2 
Jane So... | Pe aie parla rete Se one bs Bergeon yd 11 
July Pa: eee See te wale we Cite ete 13 
BUM cao ES os Cine oie Ba atts atest ese icy ic 17 
September.. 2 ..... apt a Aare baat ron a oes . 14 
Wetober’s |. a=eebyt;, Y, POM ee Cee 6 
November.. 1 ........ Be ty eae ahh, BE — 
December .. — ........ nee vee SUA Gi es 
- 46 44 49 66 
46 49 
Apemoral £0ta at (IU. nose a cian opitapien bn «pisces 
The author considers the difference of the fall of rain in the 
months of September to have been the chief cause of the 
above-mentioned difference between the crops of thetwo years.— 
(Abstracted from a paper by Lieutenant Colonel Jasper Nicholls 
in the Transactions of the Literary Society of Bombay.) 
VIII. Population of Bombay. 
The whole population of Bombay, at the period below-men- 
tioned, was estimated to vary from 160,000 to 180,000. Of this 
number, about 1 were Mussulmen, +1, of Parsee caste, and 3. 
Christians ; the remainder were chiefly Hindoos, who thus con- 
stituted the great bulk of the inhabitants. The following is a 
general account of the number of deaths from 1801 to 1808 
mclusive. It is founded on returns made to the police office of 
the number of bodies buried or burned in the island. 
180A 5 cseew phinaid ex MAE: ADOT» tun @58 ok . 10,347 
B02 2; tates we 5,297 1 806: ewe wine ome 6,440 
1808 2c? Jone ke 8,320 | 1807 .......+0. . 5,834 
104 oi wees 25,834 | 1808 ...cesevee 7,517 
“‘ The average deaths during the year would, by this account, 
be 9,000, or about 1 to 19; but the year 1804 in which the 
deaths are nearly trebled, was a season of famine throughout 
the neighbouring provinces on the continent of India. Great 
