72 Meteorological Observations in Western Asia. 
Art. [X.—Abstract of Thermometrical Records kept at the 
Missionary Stations of the American Board of Commission- | 
ers for Foreign Missions in Western Asia; collected and col- 
lated by Rev. Azartan Surru, M. D. 
THe accompanying abstract of a number of thermometrical 
records, has been arranged in a tabular form, to present to the reader 
the relative temperature of the different missionary stations of the 
erican Board in Western Asia. The records from which this 
abstract was prepared, were kept, for the most part, by persons ac- 
customed to such observations, and may be depended upon for ac- 
curacy. The posts of observation have indeed been cities, and 
where there has been more or less difficulty in securing a place for 
the thermometer free from the direct or reflected rays of the sun, but 
it is believed that care has effected all that could be done to avoid 
error from these circumstances. With the exception of three or 
four months in the Oormia register, the records exhibit the omis- 
sion of observations for scarcely a single day other than those 
noted in the table, and even in the Oormia record, the omissions 
are not such, it is hoped, as materially to detract from its value 
as affording a general indication of the temperature of that place. 
Several of the records from which this abstract was made, con- 
tain full statements of the aspect of the sky, morning, noon, and 
night; several also note the direction of the wind at these times; 
and a few have complete and well kept barometrical observations. , 
As the barometrical registers however have been already pub- 
lished, and as it is impossible to collate the observations on the 
sky and the currents of the air into a compact form, I have re- 
luctantly substituted for these a few brief general remarks, and in 
the abstract, confined myself, to the thermometrical records. 
As it may add to the value of the observations for 1844, I 
would mention in conclusion, that the registers for that year were 
kept according to previous arrangement, simultaneously, and wit 
express design to furnish a comparative view of the tempe- 
rature of the places in which the records were made. It is to be 
hoped that the publication of this abstract may call out similar 
= from American missionaries stationed in other parts of the 
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