126 Of the Quantity of Rain which falls, 



same manner as the rain. This method is tolerably ac- 

 curate, except in some few cases of violent wind. In 

 these instances, the best expedient seems to be, to form 

 an estimate of the average depth of snow on the ground. 

 Tlie quantity of water collected, whether from rain 

 or snow,- is entered in a column against the day of the 

 month : and in an adjoining column, is noted the age of 

 the moon. The following tabic gives a view of the 

 whole quantities collected, on diflerent days of the moon, 

 during forty-eight lunations ; a period a little short of 

 four years. 



