( 754 ) 



JUNE. t ^ INCHES, 



began raining, and rained till five this morning, 

 a few drops ; wind north, - .067 



26. It rained fmall rain at feveral times yefterday after- 



noon, and a few drops this morning, wind N. 



calm ; at ten it came to ibuth and then to weft, . 1 20 



27, It rained yefterday afternoon from four to five ; 



wind changed from north to weft, but fpeedily 

 returned to north, frefh, - .054 



28. SC29. It rained the 27th in the afternoon and in the 

 night, wind at north. Yefterday it rained fmall 

 rain all day till five, and cleared in the night, 

 with wind at north, - - .268 



Total rain in June, 6.388 



JULY. 



1. There fell fmall fhowers the night of the 29th and 



of the 30th, - - .093 



3. There fell a fmall fhower the fecond in the after- 



noon, and laft night hard, - .267 



4. It rained fmall rain at noon. From two, and all 



night, heavy and conftant rain. It thundered 



from noon till three, - - .373 



5. It rained all yefterday afternoon, and by intervals, 



till nine at night. Small rain this morning; 

 calm ; W. S. W. and S. W. 



6. It rained yefterday afternoon and in the night ; 



S.W. 



N. B. The 6th of July is the firft of the month 

 Hamlie, and of the Egyptian month Abib. It is 

 this day they firft begin to cry the Nile's increafe 

 in the ftreets of Cairo. The night before, or 30th 

 of Senne, is called at Cairo the Eide el Bilhaara, 

 or the eve of good news, becaufe, after having mea- 

 fure:! at the Mikeas, they come and tell at Cairo 

 that to-morrow they begin to count the Nile's ri- 

 fing. 



7. It 



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