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A PEEP AT 



The following is taken from a Meteorological Journal, 

 kept by 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 



( Slondy days 



DajS on which rain fell 92 



" " snow fell 



" lialos of moon seen- 

 " aurora borealis seen- 



" " north wind prevailed 



" " north-west 



" " west 



" " south-west 



" " south 



<; " south-east 



" " east 



" " north-east 



Inches of rain- 

 " snow 



24 ^ 



117 



93 



29 



8 



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 Oetoher. 



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

 ter, I mounted the iron horse, who puffed, 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 

 picturcscuic and- beautiful country through which the 



