Mr James Tait on the Rainfall of 1872. 449 



Castle. We subjoin now the record kept by Mr William 

 Purves, at Linton Burnfoot, near Morebattle, seven miles 

 south from Kelso, and close to the hills : — 



Inches. 



January, 2*71 



February, 2-12 



March, 4-07 



April, 3-93 



May, 4-16 



June, 1-98 



July, 2-61 



August, 3-36 



September, 4*54 



October, 496 



November, 4-90 



December, 5-53 



44-87 



The heaviest rainfall in a short period at Burnfoot was *52 

 inches, from ten o'clock at night till six in the morning of 

 July 7 ; but this was far short of the fall on July 5, 1871, 

 when 1*48 inches fell in four hours in the afternoon. At Mow- 

 haugh, in the Bowmont Valley, twelve miles from Kelso, the 

 total fall for the year, as reported by Mr Telfer, was 47*5 

 inches. 



Ten miles in the opposite direction from Kelso a register 

 is kept at Marchmont House ; and from the record subjoined 

 it would seem as if the fall on the Lammermoors had been 

 greater than on the Cheviots : — 



Maechmont House. 



■p . ( Diameter of Tunnel 5 in. 



p am \ Height ( Above Ground 1 ft. 



trauge j of Top ^ Aboye gea Leyel 500 ft 



Month. Total Depth. ^^hours! " *hich^01°or 



more fell. 



Inches. Depth. Date. 



January 3 71 -54 10 23 



February, 3-69 116 24 25 



March, 4-09 -73 23 23 



April, 391 1-00 21 18 



May, 384 '61 23 24 



June, 4-46 -98 18 23 



July, 3 70 1-02 26 16 



