A teak's weatheb. 3H5 



degrees, or an average of 4 degrees colder in the day and 5 degrees 



colder in the night than our usual March temperature. The 



following are the average rainfalls for comparison j I include those 



of Kennal Valley, kindly taken by Mr. F. H. Davey, of 



Ponsanooth : — 



Keunal Vale 



Average of 40 1891. 1892. 1892. 



yrs. rainfall. 



January 4-85-ms 3-40-ins 2-27-ins 2-89-ins. 



February ... 3-38-ins 0-22-ins 4-43-ins 5-11-ins. 



March 2-91-ms 3.90-ms 1-07-ins 1-45-ins. 



Totals ... 11-14-ins 7-52-ins 7'77-ins 9-45-ms. 



During February and March were witnessed the singular 

 reversal of the meteorological phases of the previous year, although 

 the cold and bitter weather of about the same time of the month as 

 the blizzard visited us last year frightened many people into 

 prognosticating another blizzard with a certainty which was truly 

 alarming. Instead, therefore, of registering a dry February and 

 a wet March, our record runs a wet February and a dry March. 

 I saw the March fly {Bibio) on the ist. It was most delightful to 

 see the growth of flowers at one period of the month ; they 

 sprang into sight as if they had been hiding beneath the dry and 

 brown grasses for warmth ; in places the primrose, daisy, buttercup, 

 ground ivy, violet, and stitchwort asserted themselves, and the 

 golden gorse filled the lanes with the odour of honey. The bees 

 worked as if wishful to make up for lost time, and the rooks fought, 

 stole each other's nests, gambolled, and filled the air with that 

 melodious cawing which registered Spring. March, 1792 — one 

 hundred years ago — -loth, ice one inch thick, plenty of flowers in 

 bloom. 30th, wheat looked well, not much sun during the month, 

 wind generally got up towards evening 3 rainfall, 2 inches. 



April nth, 1892. 



APRIL. 



The rainfall for April was 1-36 inches, which fell on 

 eleven days 3 on two only of these days were good showers 

 experienced — on the 20th, when a quarter of an inch, and the 28th, 

 when nearly half -an- inch of rain fell. On the remaining days the 

 rain was so slight as only to bring disappointment to the farmer, 

 who was sadly in want of moisture for his parched land. The 



