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WINDS OF THE GLOBE. 



(Nos. 222 to 224.) Central Asia..— Oonl.iniied. 



No. 222. Merve and Shurukhs. Sir Alexander Burns, while travelling between these two places, but nearer to 

 the former, on the 31st of August, spe.iking of the whirlwinds which are of frequent occurrence in 

 the desert west of the Moorghab river, says : " Thuy appeared to rise from gusts of wind, for the air 

 itself was not disturbed, but by the usual north wind that blows sleadily in this desert." 



No. 223. City of Bokhara. Clievalier H. Kahnikoff, who spent some time in tliis city, in the years 1841 and 1842, 

 remarks as follows, iu his work on Bokliara : " Tlie most prevalent winds blow from the north, and 

 more especially from the northeast ; they are so constant that during the eight months of my stay at 

 Bokhara, I do not recollect that the wind blew more than ten times from the south." [Quoted by 

 Humboldt, iu his Asie Centrale.'\ 



No. 224. Kara Korum Mountains, Leh and Yarkuud. The experience of a native of Ladak, while travelling from 

 Leh to Yarkund, over the Kara Korum Mountains — a journey of GO days — is narrated by Sir Alex- 

 ander Burns, who says that leaving Leh late in the month of March, and reaching the mountains iu 

 April, he was detained tliere "a whole week" by the "violence of the nortji wind and the drifting snow." 



(Nos. 225 to 228a.) Northeastern China and Japan- 



Observed at the following places, viz. : — 



Ghefoo, from Nov. 1866, to Feb. 186T, and from March to August, 1869, both inclusive. 

 Pekin, by the Jesuit missionary, Gachkevitche, during the years 1751 to 1'762 inclusive ; at the 

 Russian School, during the years 1844 and 1850 to 1855 inclusive; and by the Archimandrite, Drs. 

 Palladius and Fritsch, during the year 1810; and from February, 1811, to January, 1812, inclusive. 

 Yokohama, by Dr. Gratama, sixteen months, December, 1869, to Marcii, 1811, inclusive. (Jan- 

 uary, February and March, 30 days each.) 



225. 



Pekin, 



1757-1762. 



226. 

 Pekin, 



1844.' 



227. 

 Pekin, 



The year 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



The year 



Spring 



Summer 



26 



23 



28 



30 



26 



25 



15 



35 



40 



40 



53 



29 



370 



168 



185 



212 



177 



132S 



276 105: 

 124 76' 

 188^ 116 

 124| 52 

 120 34 

 970| 485 



1844, '50 \ j Autumn 

 to '55, and | i Winter 

 '70 to '72. [, I Tlie year 



227(a). Pekin, 1872. See Addendnm at the end of this Zone, 

 January 



1477 



19 



24 



66 



66 



81 



67 



81 



93 



52 



23 



35 



18 



625 



465 



45 



283 



156 



2455 



,^ 



121 



127 



34 







46 



11 



39 



8 



40 



8 



33 



3 



28 



4 



61 



4 



43 







39 



8 



32 



.18 



27 







23 







448 



64 



269 



55 



229 



32 



199 



70 



206 



63 



1597 



380 



Direction of 

 resultant. Z 



S. 22° 4'E. 



63 N. 



54 N. 



28 S. 



17 S: 



20 S. 



22' S. 



28 S. 



23'S. 



23 S. 



45 N. 



79 N. 



62 N. 

 464 S. 

 232 S. 

 333'S. 



48o;n. 



481 tN. 

 2320 S. 



228. 

 Chefoo. 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



December 



Spring 



Summer 



Autumu 



Winter 



The year* 



5one. 





11 



3 



7 



8 



5 



ft 



3 



4 



2 



7 



3 



5 



2 



6 



1 



3 



9 



2 



10 



8 



10 



16 



6 



14 



9 



2 



28 



19 



50 22 W. 

 68 55 W. 

 18 12 W. 

 17 20 W. 

 10 46 W. 

 30 7 K. 



1 28 W. 



9 5 E. 

 85 15 W. 

 48 37 W. 

 43 32 W. 

 40 43 W. 



74 22 W. 

 17 14 W. 

 16 10 E. 



75 2 W. 

 54 17 W. 

 64 21 W. 



25 2 W. 

 30 33 E. 



42 56 W. 



43 50 W. 



57 28 W. 



35 

 28 

 20 

 ,20 

 ,19 

 .17 

 .36 

 .30 

 .13 

 .25 

 .21 

 .44 

 .11, 



.24" S. ]Oi°E. 

 .18 S. 52 E. 

 . 14A N. 24 W, 

 .30' N. 32i W 

 .11 



S. 25 E. 



S. 42 E. 



N. 37 W, 



N. 31 W, 



Separate months for the year 1844 only. 



' Computed from the resultants for the seasons. 



