( 75S ) 



SEPTEMBER. INCHES. 



9, It rained a fmall fhower at noon ; clouds drive 



from eaft to weft; wind north, - .107 



10. Saint John's day, no rain, - 



11. It rained from noon till five o'clock, wind W. 



cold ; clouds drive from eaft and weft, ltl 3S 



12. It rained a fmart fhower a little before noon. 



Clouds drive from eaft and from weft, .214 



13. It rained a fmall fhower a little after noon. Cold 



and calm. Clouds drive from eaft and weft, .035 



14. It rained fmall rain from noon to three, and hard 



from eleven till near midnight, - -344 



15. It was fair all yefterday, but rained hard for a few 



minutes at feven, and alfo a little before mid- 

 night, from the eaft, - .186 



16. No rain to-day, — 



1 8. It rained a fmall fhower laft night, and to-day at 



noon, - - «°53 



19. It rained and hailed violently in the afternoon, 1.096 



Total rain in September, 7-338 



. The rain totally ceafed the 19th, none having 



fallen from this day to the 25th. 



Saint John's day is the time obferved for the rains be- 

 ginning to abate. 



N. B. At the 5th of October the people were all 

 crying for rain ; the ground all in cracks, and 

 teff in the blade burnt up. 



TOTAL 



