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Meteorological Journal. 



[July, -ISM. 



REMARKS. 



Fifth Month.— -13, 14. Cloudy: much wind. 15. Cloudy and 

 windy : the Cumulostratus prevails. 16, 17- Misty mornings. 

 18. A breeze, a. m. from N.E. with Cirrus, Cirroczimulus, and 

 Cirrosiratus clouds. 19. A clear morning. 24. A very wet day 

 and night. 25. A Stratus on the low grounds at night. 26. Ice 

 on the pools of standing water this morning to the thickness of -A- 

 ot an inch. 



Sixth Month. — 2. A slight shower last evening : and this morn- 

 ing, small rain. 8. Much wind : cloudy. 



RESULTS. 



Prevailing Winds Easterly. 



Barometer: Greatest height 30*42 inches; 



Least (observed) 29-48 inches ; 



Mean of twenty-seven days . .29*910 inches; 

 Thermometer: Greatest height 7°° 



Least 31° 



Mean of the period 50*50° 



Evaporation, 2*05 inches. Rain, 2*73 inches. 



The minimum of the barometer for the period is somewhat 

 uncertain, from the loss of three days' observations about the time 

 of its occurrence : the depression was followed by frosty as is 

 frequently the case when much rain has fallen. The first of the 

 present month was a contrast to the same of last year, when the 

 thermometer rose to 85°; yet it is observable that the same low 

 temperature occurred then also four days afterwards. On the whole 

 this period has been more changeable than we should have expected 

 with an easterly current prevailing, and full 6° colder than the 

 corresponding one of 1813, in which westerly winds predominated. 

 Birds of song arc remarked to have been less heard than usual ; a 

 circumstance perhaps ascribable to their number having been 

 reduced by the severity of the winter. 



Tottenham, 

 c: -th Month, 21,1814. 



L. HOWARD. 



