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The following is taken from a Meteorological Journal, 

 kept bj the Superintendent of the Lunatic Hospital 

 at Worcester, for five years. Worcester stands at 

 an elevation of 483 feet above the level of the sea. 



Fair days 



Cloudy days 



Days on which rain fell 

 " " snow fell 



halos of moon seen 

 aurora borealis seen 

 north wind prevailed 

 north-west " 

 west " 



south-west " 

 south " 



south-east " 

 east " 



north-cast *' 



Inches of rain- 

 " snow 



1841 



255 



110 



92 



40 



10 



19 



28 



107 



13 



82 



24 



17 



2 



56 



42.94 



82 



1842 1843 



242 



123 



107 



32 



4 



12 



27 



83 



24 



134 



5 



11 



41 



40.78 

 40 



246 



119 



89 



45 



5 



7 



26 



90 



46 



79 



12 



17 



1 



43 



48.67 



91 



1844 1845 



230 



136 



93 



30 



3 



2 



113 



29 



102 



1 



23 



2 



61 



37.85 



57 



248 



117 



93 



29 



120 



29 



107 



2 



15 



1 



57 



42.49 



59 



Apple trees flowered May 24, 1841, May 9, '42, May 14, '43, 

 May 8, '44, May 2, '45. First frost averages from the 20th Septem- 

 ber to the 20th October. 



In the early part of the month of May, at Worces- 

 ter, I mounted the iron horse, who puifed, snorted, 

 and rushed away at the rate of twenty-five miles an 

 hour. The sun hid his burning brow behind a misty 

 cloud, which for some time obstructed the view of the 

 picturesque and beautiful country through which the 



