Depth. 



Date. 





•41 



16 



22 



1-85 



25 



21 



1-21 



21 



25 



1-15 



15 



27 



1-14 



17 



23 



450 Mr James Tait on the Rainfall of 1872. 



Month. Inches. 



August, 3-48 



September, .... 7*37 



October, 5-38 



November, .... 6*26 

 December, .... 5-21 



Total 55-10 270 



The rainfall at Marchmont compared with that at Milne 

 Graden illustrates the great variation in the rainfall on the 

 banks of the Tweed, compared with a considerable elevation 

 in the direction of the Lammermuirs. Between the two, in 

 the centre of the Merse, we find a medium fall of rain, as at 

 Cross Hall, Eccles, and Printonan, the statements for which 

 we subjoin : — 



Cross Hall, Eccles. Peintonan, Swinton. 

 1872 Inches. Inches. 



January, 2-68 1-92 



February, 2-24 2-06 



March, 3-32 3-19 



April, 3-05 2-67 



May, 3-31 3-23 



June, 3-45 3-30 



July, 3-13 2-42 



August, 2-88 2-45 



September, 5-77 5-90 



October, 4-74 4'47 



November, 4-11 5*09 



December, 4-38 431 



43-06 41-01 



The record kept at Melrose coincides with that of March- 

 mont to indicate that the heaviest rains have fallen to the 

 north of Kelso ; and the heavy deluges in July and August 

 have helped to swell the amount : — 



Rainfall at Abbey Gate, Meleose. 



Elevation above the sea level, 280 feet 



Distance from the sea, 30 miles. 



Registered by Alexandee Dodds. 



1871. Inches 



January, ., 1"54 



February, 3-49 



March, 1*80 



April, 3-98 



1872. Inches. 



January, 4*17 



February, 4-19 



March, 4-26 



April, 3'40 



