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to have travelled southwardly or south eastwardly, as will 

 be seen by the storms of the 14th and 15th of May, of the 

 20th of May and 19th of June, 1835. 



It is much to be hoped that gentlemen throughout the 

 country who may see this report, will communicate to us 

 any fact connected with the storms here detailed, which 

 may either be favorable or adverse to the generalization 

 upon which we have ventured. 



It would be particularly desirable to know the boundaries 

 of the great rain which took place on the 19th of June to 

 the north east. For this purpose, if gentlemen living in 

 Vermont and New Hampshire, and the north of New York, 

 would consult their meteorological journals, and let us know 

 whether it rained there at that time or not, and which way 

 the wind blew, they would confer a great favor on the com- 

 mittee. From the nature of the remarks below, it will be 

 understood what kind of information is wanted. We hope 

 every gentleman to whom this is sent will be induced to fur- 

 nish a faithful correspondent, who will at least carefully 

 observe all storms, their beginning and ending, and the 

 course and changes of the wind, during their progress. 

 The labor, though great, of collating numerous journals, 

 and deducing from them general conclusions, will be cheer- 

 fully continued by the committee. These journals are 

 carefully preserved in the archives of the Franklin Insti- 

 tute, and will be accessible to any meteorologist who may 

 wish to consult them. 



101. We now proceed to detail the phenomena attending 

 the most remarkable rains and storms which took place be- 

 tween the date of our first report and the eleventh of No- 

 vember, 1835 ; and to enable the reader te comprehend the 

 report with greater ease, we recommend him to bear in 

 mind this remarkable generalization In all the seven storms 

 examined, the wind blew towards the point where it was rain- 

 ing. To this rule there is not one exception; for though 



