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there was not a cloudy day. To the Sth of Noveml'cr 

 thev were frequent ; and on the 4th, a little rain fell ; 

 after that to the 1 5th the fky was clear, and the only 

 two hazy mornings were in this period. 



At this time (l5th Noveinher) I was feizcd with a 

 fever, which interrupted the meteorological obferva- 

 tions till the ift of February. All that I know of the 

 weather during that interval is, that about the middle 

 ot December we had it ftormy, with thunder and a 

 pretty heavy fall of rain. 



FnoM the ift of Febnuvy to the 14th of A/^;v7/, 

 when we left Ouje'in, the afternoon heat varied between 

 the extremes of fcveiitv-three to 103. The fir H, on 

 Feb. Qth, with wind at NX W: the fccond, M/;t// I'ith, 

 wind well : iky at both times clear. Morning heat 

 from forty-fix to fixty-feven, evening from fifty-five to 

 fevcnty-fix. 



The wefierly were the prevailing winds during this 

 period, varying between NNW and SSW. \n Fe- 

 hruary, the calterly wind was obferved twice in the 

 morning, four times at mid-day, and twice in the 

 evening. It did not occur once during our fl:ay in 

 March. The"^ Iky was clear, excepting the 4th of Fe- 

 bruary, which was cloudy with a ihower ot Imall rain. 



The foregoing abftra(9: gives a pretty diftinft ide'i 

 of the weather we met with during our refidence at thi'' 

 place ; but we cannot from thence form an eftimate of 

 the climate. The quantity of rain, in particular, was 

 allowed by the oldefi: inhabitants to be greater thaa 

 they ever remembered to have feen. The country had 

 fuftered three years of drought, previous to our ar- 

 rival, in confequcnce of which wheat-flour lold at 

 ten feers for a rupee. The coarler grains were pro- 

 portionably dear, which placed the means of fub- 

 iiftence fo tV.r beyond the reach of the poorer inhabi- 



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