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Point of Ayre Lighthouse, lat. 54 25', long. 4 22'. Rain from llth 

 August, 1840, till 18th, except 13th, wind westerly all the time, 

 S. W. on 16th, a gale N. W. on 17th, gale 16th and 17th, dreadful 

 days, rain 1.19 inches barometer on 17th, 9, A.M., 28.889, P. M., 

 28.97, evening before, 29.42. 



At Corsewell, lat. 55 1', long. 5 V, on 16th, S. breeze, rain. At 7, 

 P. M., W. On 17th, N. N. W. storm rain, 1.40 inch, (probably mea- 

 sured in A. M.) On 18th, N. W. breeze, haze, 1.85, (probably preceding 

 night and day.) 



[Largs, near Glasgow, Scotland, by Graham Hutchison, Esq.] 



NOTE. Heavy rain commenced on the 16th, at 3, P. M., wind S. W., and 

 rather strong (at Largs). A heavy storm of wind from N. N. W.. accompa- 

 nied with constant heavy rain, commenced on the 17th, at 7 o'clock, A. M., 

 and continued without alteration in the direction of the wind, till 8, P. M., 

 when it subsided. The direction of the wind did not change till next day (the 

 18th), at 3, P. M., having been nearly calm for seventeen hours previously. 



Mull of Kintyre, lat. 55 19 7 , long. 5 49', W. Rain on 16th and 17th, 

 1.45 inch ; wind variable on 16th; breezes on 17th, N. W. ; gale on 

 18th, N., breeze, fog. Bar. at 9, A. M., of 17th, 28.80; 9, P. M., 

 28.70; 9, A.M., 18th, 29.15.' 



Pladda, lat. 55 26', long. 5, 7'. 15th, S. W., gale, rain ; 16th, S., 

 gale, rain ; 17th, N. W., breeze ; 18th, W. N. W., light airs ; rain, in all, 

 2.10 inch. Bar. 9, A. M., 17th, 29.90 (28.90 ?) ; 9, P. M., 28.50. 



The Shipping and Mercantile Gazette of 21st of Aug. says The 

 wind at Greenock on the 16th was S. W., and on 17th, N. and N. W. ; 

 and the same paper of 20th, says the wind at Arbroath, N. E. of Edin- 

 burgh, was N. E. on the 17th. 



Lismore, lat. 56 30 7 , long. 5 38'. On 15th N. W., breezes, showers; 

 on 16th S. W., strong breeze and rain ; on 17th N. W., gale, rain, haze ; 

 on 18th N. W., light breeze, haze ; rain, in all, 1 .34 inch. 17th, 9, A. M., 

 bar. 29.05; 9, P. M., 28.90. 



