APPENDIX 



[A.] 

 METEOROLOGICAL TABLES. 



I — Letter from Allen C. Metcalf, of Lenox, to the Commissioner of 

 Agricultural Survey. 



Lenox, Januarij 22, 1839. 

 Mr. Henry Colman : 



Dear Sir, — In compliance with your request, I now proceed to give 

 you a recapitulation and results of my Meteorological Journal for the 

 years 1837 and '38, together with some miscellaneous observations 

 connected with it, relating to the progress of vegetation in the spring 

 and summer — the time of sowing and harvesting crops, &lc. &lc. 



In reference to the place at which these observations are made, I 

 would state, that my location, as you know, is on elevated ground, not 

 subject to the scorching heats of summer, to which many places are 

 exposed, nor to the extremes of cold in winter, it being somewhat pro- 

 tected by surrounding trees. I have found, from observation and ex- 

 periment, that in very low situations the mercury indicates greater de- 

 grees of heat and cold than in more elevated, so that I consider my 

 situation favorable for obtaining the true medium temperature. 



