SBEIES B.— ABSTRACTS OF OBSERVATIONS. 



105 



Winds in Persia and Sib 



eria. 









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Tehran, Persia, 1850. 



Tabreez, Persia, 18 



50. 



Nijn6 Taguilsk. 

 Ural Mountains. 





ja 



-a 



a 



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 Pi 





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cc 



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F=, 





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m 



o 



f^ 



R 



s 



S 



North 







12 



4 



4 



1 



2 



5 











26 



14 



N. N. E. 







1 



















1 











42 



10 



N. E. 







11 



6 



5 



4 



8 



2 











125 



124 



E. N. E. 







































3 



8 



East 







5 



3 







1 



44 



26 



30 



33 



4 



7 



E. S. E, 























2 



1 







1 



4 



7 



S. E. 







3 



10 



6 



11 



1 



1 



1 



3 



144 



146 



S. S. E. 























1 



1 











17 



33 



South 







2 



8 



4 



19 







7 



7 



9 



31 



25 



S. S. W. 







































37 



12 



s. w. 







17 



28 



7 



32 



4 



1 



1 



g 



221 



225 



w. s. w. 







1 



1 















1 







1 



51 



55 



West 







6 



17 



50 



23 



19 



43 



47 



43 



29 



58 



W. by N. 







1 







































W. N. W. 















1 























50 



79 



N. W. 





16 



16 



13 



2 



7 



4 



2 







144 



177 



N. N. W. 







8 















1 















37 



12 



Calm or \ 

 variable J 























1 















144 



103 









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TOTAL FOR THE SEPARATE MONTf 



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1 



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> 



6 





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1-5 



1-3 



< 



CO 



o 



Iz; 



a 



N. 



168 



236 



14 



15 



11 



78 



55 



38 



53 



49 



33 



30 



18 



10 



N. E. 



102 



119 



2 







14 



40 



49 



16 



15 



21 



31 



4 



13 



16 



E. 



130 



145 



2 



6 



12 



11 



25 



29 



30 



49 



37 



n 



50 



13 



S. E. 



316 



303 



53 



39 



73 



. 74 



41 



60 



37 



84 



42 



16 



32 



68 



S. 



277 



195 



92 



20 



31 



28 



24 



41 



28 



58 



54 



33 



22 



41 



S. W. 



642 



533 



123 



114 



136 



32 



96 



66 



79 



56 



78 



1.50 



116 



129 



w. 



608 



767 



129 



125 



111 



130 



LOO 



88 



129 



68 



99 



150 



113 



133 



N. W. 



306 



193 



8 



12 



44 



36 



67 



76 



75 



39 



53 



63 



15 



11 



Calm 



378 



424 



73 



125 



64 



49 



39 



61 



50 



73 



53 



39 



101 



75 



affecting the winds in this province, which I will here state. About once a month, ordinarily, we have a strong wind, 

 often violent, from the west, which is the simoom or Samiel from the Ai-abiau desert. It usually continues about three 

 days; and though its noxious properties are much neutralized by its passage over a distance of hundreds of miles, and 

 across the high snowy Koordish Mountains, it is still a warm wind (often hot) here, and very debilitating to men and 

 animals. And it is often so dry and hot here, as to wither and crisp vegetables." ..." There is ordinarily, par- 

 ticularly in summer, a morning breeze lasting two-thirds of the day, from the Lake of Ooroomiah, which is about fifteen 

 miles east of us; and an evening breeze, continuing through the night, from the Koordish Mountains on the west." 

 . . . . " We have also occasionally (once or more in the course of a month) a warm south wind from the hot plains 

 of Mesopotamia, the nearest point of which is about a hundred miles distant ; but this wind is distinct from the simoom 

 that comes to us from the Arabian desert. At intervals of a few weeks, and sometimes oftener, we have also a cold 

 invigorating wind from the north, which comes down from the mountains of Ararat." 



" The daily lake and mountain breezes continue during the warm part of the year with great regularity, except when 

 interrupted by the simooms, usually once in four, five, or six weeks. During this part of the year, there is also much 

 uniformity in the weather, a cloud seldom appearing in the sky. 



' Situated upon a plain, 813 feet above the level of the sea. 



