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REMARKS. 
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Eleventh Month.—12. Windy. 13. Strong breeze: sunshine: much water out 
in the marshes, 14, 15. Breezy: sun and clouds. 16, Slight hoar frost. 
17. Cirrostrali at a great elevation, in which a solar halo appeared for an hour or 
two, a.m. 18. Max. temp. atnine, a.m.: windy : overcast: dripping forenoon. 
19. The diurnal temperature disturbed by the solar eclipse (of which see the par- 
ticulars in Vol. viii. p. 467). 20. Fair: at two p.m. Cumulostratt formed rapidly, 
and passed off at a great elevation, the wind veering S. 21. Fair: rather windy. 
22, a.m. Cloudy: steady breeze: p.m. Cumuli, 23. Cloudy: steady breeze. 
24, Aserene sky. 25. Hoar frost, the third morning: overcast with Cirrostratus 
and haze: rain atnight. 26, a.m. Very misty: Cirrostratus sweeps the ground: 
rain. 27. Much Cirrostratus, especially to the N., of delicate structure: fair 
day. 28. The sky was so completely shrouded in a Cérrostratus, without the 
smallest opening to admit the sun’s rays, that from nine to three the temp. did not 
ascend 2°: at sun-set the sky cleared pretty suddenly, showing red Cirri above 
for a considerable time: the lower air, which had been transparent, now filled 
with mist. 29, a.m. Misty: calm: very bright sun at mid-day: lunar halo. 
30. Hoar frost: breeze: very fine day. 
Twelfth Month.—1. Cloudy morning. 2. Lightly clouded. 3. Misty by Cir- 
rostratus, soon after sun-rise, during which a hoar frost formed : grey lofty sky. 
4, Grey: little wind. 5, Idem.: the lunar eclipse not visible for clouds: much 
wind, with rain, after. 6, Fine. 7. Very fine day: but a stormy night. 
8. Rain, the middle of the day: clear night. 9, a.m. Very white frost, and 
rime on the shrubs: Cirrostratus floating at an elevation of two or three yards: 
the temp. rose quickly, and it rained, p.m. and night. 10, Fine day, with 
Cirrus and Cirrostratus : wet and stormy fore part of night. 11, Fair: at sun-set 
a lofty and wide spread Nimbus in the N. W,: at ten p.m. a bright shooting star 
to the W.: some large flakes of moist snow in the night. 
RESULTS, 
Winds variable and moderate till after the full moon. 
Barometer : Greatest height................++-- 30°62 inches, 
Hedst) 25. Jedilew clot ee eee vall Sauces eo 20 
Mean of the period .............. 29°866 
‘Thermometer: Greatest height............-..2+-+- 56° 
WeAnhy <i yataep aivels cnpalslesizia sg cisions aud 
Mean of the period........,....... 35°80 
Mean of the Hygrometer .......-..+-+e+0054 82° 
Ta Lean ac errr epee Sees. Pere ee eo nein 
The rain fell at three distinct intervals, and chiefly by night, increasing greatly 
each time in quantity and continuance, 
Torrennam, Twelfth Month, 14, 1816. L, HOWARD. 
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