362 Meteorological Obfervations for tbe Year 1783. 
. A faint Aurora Borealis in thé evening of the’2d---~wind 
W.N. W.—and of the 27th---wind W.---fair for feveral — 
after them. 
 Difeafes in Z5fwicb ; coughs, bilious cholics, Aida 
—Healthy : In Salem ; mild, continued and rheumatic fevers, 
bad coughs : > In Beverly ; fea, ceca of the eyes, tumors. 
: MARCH. 
Therm. Barom. 
— gn js 55. ^s p^ | is gg | wer "Toa 
Loweft, 16 24 21i 29, 30 29, 30 29, 28 Inch." 
Mean ftat. 33 43 40| 30,12. 30,02 30,05 1717 
Several fmall fnows, which foon melted ; the air mild. Pre-. 
dominant winds from. $. S. W. to N. Ww. The ground bate 
the greater part of the month, =e very little froze. Six days 
of falling weather. - 
Greateft deg. of heat on thé ie at I, P. M.---barom. 29, 
72---wind S.E.---miftly. Greateft deg. of cold om the r1th, 
at 7, A. M.----baróm. 30, $0----wind W. N. W.----fair. 
Barom. higheft on the 13th, at 7, A. M. ---therm. 25*---wind 
N.N. W.--.für: loweft on the 8th, at 11, P. M.---therm. 
43*---wind very high at N.N.W.---fair. 
A fmall Aurora Borealis in the evenings of the 2d:and athe 
--wind W.N.W.—the following days fair. In the evening of 
the 29th, the heavens were illuminated with a very bright and 
fingular northern. light. At 8^ 4', when I firft faw it, the 
northern heavens, as far as E, N.E. and W.S.W. were intér- 
fperfed with numerous Auroral clouds, and very bright fpots, 
fomewhat refembling lighted. torches, From the luminous. y 
{pots converging corrufcations (hot up, with a quick and del 
mulous motion, towards the zenith, The luminous clouds | 
5 | were 
