METEOROLOGY. 585 
From the preceding tables it will be seen that the mean tem- 
perature for the autumnal period (the months of February, March, 
and April) was 47°-2; the maximum and minimum were respec- 
tively 68° and 28°. For the brumal period, the three following 
months, the mean temperature was 34°-5, and the maximum and 
minimum 49° 5 and 12°°6. During the former, or autumual period, 
the barometer ranged between 30-099 and 28-768 inches, and for 
the latter it was between 30°5 and 28-274 inches. The range for 
the first being 1-331 inches, and for the last 2226 inches. 
