368 REPORT — 1864. 



they also state whether they will purchase a gauge (both Negretti and Zambra, 

 and Casella now make them accurately, as low as 10s. Gd. each), or prefer 

 my sending one of the British Association gauges. 



The list looks rather extensive, and is so, but the blank places exist, and it 

 is surely better to acknowledge than to ignore them. It is a good time for 

 commencing, as a little practice may now be had before the new year begins. 

 There is no subscription, nor anything of the kind ; for the observers either 

 receive the publications gratis, or at the cost of printing, paper, and postage ; 

 neither is there any difficulty in observing, for my correspondents are of both 

 sexes, aU ages, and all classes. 



I am. Sir, your obedient Servant, 



G. J. STMONS. 



129 Camden Eoad Villas, N.W., Nov. 24th, 1863. 



Toivns and Districts from the Vicinity of ivMcli Returm of the FaU of Sain 



are desired. 



England. — Appleby, Westmoreland. Bcllingham, Morpeth, Northumber- 

 land. Whitby, Northallerton, Goolc, TorJxsJm-e. Spilsby, Lincoln. Upping- 

 ham, Rutland. Downham Market, Swaffham, Cambridge. Tamworth, Staf- 

 ford. Hereford. AVhitchurch, Salop. Shaftesbury, Dorset. Moretou-Hamp- 

 stead, Hartland, Devon. 



"Wales. — Between Brecknock and Ehayader, Merthyr-TydvU, Carmarthen, 

 Aberystwith, Montgomery, Dolgelley, Bala, near Snowdon. 



Scotland. — Along the border line. Woodhead, Ai/7-shire. In the Carse 

 of Gowrie. Huntly, Aberdeen. In the inland parts of Caithness, lloss, and 

 Inverness. 



Ieeland. — In the Counties of Mayo, Eoscommon, Longford, Leitrim, Cavan, 

 Louth, Antrim, Donegal, Wexford, Tipperary, Limerick (South), and Kerry 

 (East), especially near the Lakes. 



About three hundred replies were received to this letter, and the task of 

 selecting the most eligible localities and persons was very onerous, not to 

 mention the correspondence necessarily involved. Eventually, however, Mr 

 SjTUons was enabled to send the following letter to " The Times," as some 

 acknowledgment of the service rendered by the insertion of the previous 

 letter. 



To the Editor of The Times. 



Sir, — Many of your readers may feel interested in the result of your in- 

 serting my plea for additional obsei-vers of the fall of rain in districts whence 

 previously returns had not been received. 



As letters are still pouring in daily, and the arrangements far from com- 

 plete, the following list comprises but a portion of the service rendered. I 

 thought I knew pretty well what assistance I should receive, but am happy 

 to say that both in quality and quantity my estimate has been siu-passed. 

 The applications for " Association" gauges from districts to which I should 

 like to have sent them, have been so much more numerous than was ex- 

 pected, that a most reluctant refusal has been frequently necessitated, and 

 individual replies to aU the offers of assistance rendered all but impossible. 

 The former (financial) difficulty has been much lessened, by the large pro- 

 portion of my correspondents, who, on learning how matters stood, have 



