448 Mr James Tait on the Rainfall of 1872. 



October, , . , . 



...5-0 



3-86 



November, .... 



...5-2 



4-92 



December, 



... 4-5 



4-29 



Total Fall in 1871. 

 Lynnwood .... 28-7 

 Sillerbithall 28-49 



51-2 46-07 



Total Fall in 1870. Total Fall in 1869. 

 25-5 29-8 



23-0 28-30 



During 1872 rain fell on 254 days, as registered at Sillerbit- 

 hall, and the heaviest fall on one day was 1*25 in. on 26th July, 

 Still farther up the Teviot is Goldielands, and the fall 

 there was as follows : — 



January, .... .... .... 6*1 



March, 



.... TV 



2-5 



April, .... 



2-4 



May, 



3-3 



June, .... 



2-62 



July, 



4-8 



August, .... 



41 



September, 



3-7 



October, .... 



5-1 



November, 



5-5 



December, 



4-7 



49-8 

 Total in 1871, 35*36. Total in 1870, 248. Total in 1869, 354 

 The average rainfall for the last ten years, as registered at 

 Goldielands, has been 37*65 in., but in three of those years the 

 rainfall has not been much less than in 1872 : — 



In 1862 the rainfall was 45-2. 



In 1863 „ „ 45-3. 



In 1868 „ „ 46-6. 



These cases are all close upon the Tweed and Teviot, and 

 nearly in a direct line thirty-five miles long, running east 

 and west, but not rising more than the water-fall for the 

 distance. Very different results are obtained if we diverge 

 toward the hills on either side, and particularly if we ascend 

 to upper Teviotdale. In the neighbourhood of Kelso, for 

 example, it is often observed that heavy showers pass along 

 the Cheviots and the Lammermoors when hardly a drop falls 

 at Kelso. Sometimes a thunder cloud will approach very 

 near, and will cross the Tweed about Makerstoun, passing 

 along the high grounds of Smailholm, Nenthorn, and Home 



