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ture curve and that for rainfall, E may say that [I used 
those of the Annual Register for the period sixty-two 
years ago, and those taken from the Times newspaper — 
supplied by the Meteorological Department — for 1885 
and 1886 for London and the South of England. 
[ would call attention to the remarkable similarity 
between the curve of moon’s perigee and that indicating 
rainfall for the same years, the former being practically 
an index of the amount of rain for the year. This holds 
good relatively for Europe generally, as meteorologists 
have already shown that the leading features of the 
barometer of Western Europe travel gradually to the 
East across the Continent. 
I do not connect the greatest amount of rain with the 
least approach of the moon’s perigee (as the chart indi- 
cates), but with the nearest approach, which takes place 
about three months before, the interval of time being 
that required for the effect (in the form of rain) to be 
produced. 
In December last I issued a forecast for January 1887, 
basing it on the readings of the barometer and thermo- 
meter for January 1825, applying certain corrections (due 
to the moon being nearer now than in 1825), with a 
result highly satisfactory, as the following shows : 
FORECAST. RESULT. | 
Mean bar. | Mean ther. rain | 
1887 |Mean bar. | Mean ther. | Rain} 1887 
| Jan. 29,98 38:5 4,5 | Jan. 29,99 35:9 1,3 
