54 POOLK — ON METEOROLOGY. 



measuriDg 10 feet 5 inches, than at the Albion Mines (63 days) 

 measuring 9 feet 3. J inches, -anil the snow was not so dry at 

 Caledonia, yielding more water, owing no doubt to the proximity 

 and influence of the ocean . 



There is not much ditference in the direction of the winds : — • 



Caledonia Mine— S. to W. 1:22, W. to X. 114, N. to E. 54, 

 "E. to S. 75. 



Albion Mine— S. to W. 112, W. to N. 126, N. to E. QQ, 

 E. to S. 61. 



No registering instrument was kept at the Albion Mines of 

 the daily velocity ; but I consider the wind must be above the 

 ■average velocity at the Caledonia Mine, and I should like my 

 a-egister to be compared, if possible, with the one kept at the 

 'Citadel Hill, Halifax, or other places having nearly the same 

 latitude. 



The mean temperature of December was the coldest in 1867, 

 but that I think was exceptional, as December 1866 was four 

 degrees warmer. I therefore assume December, January, 

 February and March nearly alike, and average about 22 degrees ; 

 April and November nearly correspond, and are about 12 de- 

 ;grees warmer ; May and October are about the same and 9 

 •degrees warmer; June and September are again about 11 

 ■degrees warmer ; July 6 degrees warmer than June ; and August 

 6 degrees warmer than July, and 10 degrees warmer than Sep- 

 tember. September has a mean of 56 degrees, which corres- 

 ponds with the temperature of the whole year at Vienue, in 

 France, in nearly the same latitude but on the opposite side of 

 the Atlantic. 



The length of the longest day is 15 hours and 23 minutes, 

 and of the shortest day 8 hours and 37 minutes. 



The greatest range of temperature for the whole year was 

 95 degrees ; for one month (February) 55 degrees ; the least 

 range in one month (October) 35 degrees. 



.As a good deal has been written about the veering of the 

 wind and rotation of storms, I fastened a string to the wind- 

 guage, and found that it made thirty-six coils turning round 

 •with the sun, and seventeen coils turning Imck against the sun, 



