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the same date slightly indented, but the latter appearance was not 

 again seen, although on April 7th the terminator appeared flattened 

 in places. 



The blunting of the south horn was barely perceptible on 

 March 5th, but the projection of the north horn was still visible. 



On March 22nd both cusps were equally sharp. Special 

 attention was paid to any spots visible on the disc, but only on one 

 night was anything seen. This was on Feb. 15th, when two spots 

 were noticed, they were very faint and evanescent, like light dusky 

 patches on the disc. 



No bright spots were ever seen beyond the cusps. No bright 

 border to the planet was noticed, but on April 5th the cusps seemed 

 to extend beyond a semicircle. 



The phosphoresence of the dark side was specially looked for, 

 but was never perceived with all attention. 



The foregoing observations were made with the Institution 

 Refractor of 3f inches aperture by Messrs. Cooke & Sons, of York. 



H. MICHELL WHITLEY. 



No. 9. 

 Rainfall at AUarnun Vicarage. 



Height above mean sea level, 600 feet. 

 Height of gauge above ground, 1 foot. 

 Diameter of gauge (Casella) 5 inches. 

 Five years' average 1864-8 — 6r27ins. Average of Rainy Days 222 

 Do. 1869-73—61-73 „ „ „ 211 



Do. 1874-78—61-92 „ „ „ 218 



Do. 1879-83—63-14 „ „ „ 210 



Fouryears' average 1884-7 — 54-33 „ „ „ 195 



Maximum Fall . 1872-84-11 inches. 

 Minimum Fall ..1887—41-11 „ 

 Max. No. of Rainy Days 1886—258 

 Min. No. of Rainy Days 1887—162 



