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Capt. Kelly on the Temperature of 



[May, 



June, 1819. — From the 1st to 5th, between lat. 11° and 

 8° 30' N, fine weather ; the 6th and 7th off Sierra Leone, tor- 

 nados and heavy rain ; from the 7th to 17th at anchor in the 

 river. Weather occasionally fine ; at others showery, and tor- 

 nados. From the 17th to 30th, on the coast between Sierra 

 Leone and Cape Palmas, continued heavy rain, with heavy 

 tornados occasionally. 



June, 1820. — From the 1st to 16th, running from Cape Coast 

 to the Island of Saint Thomas, north of the parallel of 3° N, a 

 considerable quantity of rain fell ; but south of it, had fine wea- 

 ther ; from the; 17th to 30th cruizing between the parallel of 

 2° N and the equator. Fine weather, but cloudy ; and I must 

 here observe, after three years' experience, that I have always 

 found the weather more cloudy, and the thermometer lower, on 

 or near the equator, than a few degrees north or south of it. 



June, 1821. — From the 1st to 23d, at anchor at the Island of 

 Ascension particularly fine weather. From the 24th to 30th, on 

 the passage from Ascension to Cape Coast, fresh breezes, and 

 cloudy throughout. 



