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nearly simultaneous ones. In two cases I saw a phenomenon I 

 never noticed before, viz. : the flash remained a considerable 

 time (a second or two) being very bright at first, and gradually 

 growing fainter, first at the point it started from and then at the 

 end, till it became quite faint, though exactly the same in shape 

 . and place as at the first. A friend who saw it independently (in 

 one flash) well described it as ' the lightning appearing to leave 

 its mark in the clouds.' " 



Seaham. — On the 14th there was a very severe thunderstorm 

 at 5 P.M., with hail and rain. The hail was remarkable for its 

 size and shape. It was not rounded but angular, and many of 

 the hailstones were quite an inch across. 



Hartlepool. — On the 15th the barometer was at 29-69 inches 

 at 9 A.M., and fell 0*58 inch in twenty-four hours. It remained 

 low till 9 P.M. on the 16th, from which time the pressure in- 

 creased till it reached 30*02 inches at 9 p.m. on the 18th. This 

 recovery was reported to be uniform over the whole kingdom. 

 With a trifling exception, there was a gradual rise of pressure, 

 till on the 29th the highest point during the half year ending 

 June 30th was reached, viz., 80-40 inches. 



On the 14th the maximum temperature was at the unusual 

 height of 71°. The thermometer fell at the same time as the 

 barometer, noted above, till on the 18th the minimum reading 

 was as low as 84° during a gale from the N.E. 



On the 18th a gale of wind, from the N.N.E., reached its 

 greatest height of 8, Beaufort's scale. A considerable fall of 

 both barometer and thermometer preceded this gale. The mean 

 force of wind was 3-6, Beaufort's scale. 



The greatest fall of rain was on the 15th, when 0-38 inch fell. 

 Rain fell on ten days. 



The sea reached a height of three feet on the 18th and 29tb, 

 and was less than one foot during twenty days. 



Solar Halos were seen at Rothbui-y on the 8th, 19th, 22nd. 

 and 23rd ; at Sunderland on the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 10th, 12th, 15th, 

 19th, 22nd, and 24th. 



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