416 PHILOSOPHY OF STORMS. 



No. IV. 



Weather tables kept by Mr. Murdoch, Gardener to his Grace, the Duke of Gor- 

 don, at Huntly Lodge. Huntly Lodge is to the north east of the mountains, 

 and about twenty miles south of the sea, and about twenty miles south east 

 from Fochabers. 



Thermometer. Barometer. 



1829. At 10, A.M. At 10, A.M. At 10. P. M. 



Aug. 2, W. Frequent heavy showers. 63 29.825 29.75 



3, N. W. Tremendous rain all day. 51 29.45 29.3 



4, N. Misty rain most of the ) Kc rto - 



day, 3.75 inches!!!! j 56 ^ 29 - 75 



On the 3d and 4th, the rain and flood tremendous. In August, 1829, 3| 

 inches of rain fell between five o'clock of the morning of the 3d, and five 

 o'clock of the morning of the 4th. 



No. V. 



Meteorological Table, by Mr. George Innes, Astronomical Calculator, Aberdeen. 

 Aberdeen is about thirty-five miles south east of Huntly. And due east from 

 the Cairngoom Mountains about thirty miles. 



Barometer. 



1829. At 8, A. M. At 9, P. M. 



Aug. 2, W. to N. Cloudy with showers. 30.16 30.20 



3, N. to N. N. E. Stormy ; much rain ; distant 



thunder. 29.28 29.30 



4, N. Cloudy with rain. 29.74 30.13 



No. VI. 



State of the Winds at Findhorn, on the 2d, 3d, and 4th August, communicated 

 by M. Thomas Davidson. Findhorn lies on the south side of the Moray Frith, 

 about twenty-five miles north east of Inverness. 

 1829. 



Aug. 2, 9, A. M. E. N. E. Blowing fresh. 

 1, P. M. N. E. Blowing hard. 

 3, P. M. N. Blowing a gale. 



9, P. M. N. to N. E. A little more moderate ; occasionally blow- 

 ing hard, with showers. 



3, 6, A. M. N. E. Blowing hard. 



1, P. M. N. N. Still blowing hard (I don't know what N. N. 



means.) 

 6, P. M. N. E. Moderate breezes. 



4, N. E. to E. N. E. All this day fine weather. 



