452 



Mr James 



Tait 



on 



•29. 



the 



Rainfall 



of 



1872. 

 2-460 



July, 



August, 



September, 







4-790 







3-610 







4040 



71, 



37 







6-580 









6-980 



December, 





186 



5860 



Total Fall in 





Dotal Fall in 18 



56-900 

 9, 4318. 



West from Wolfelee, and at a much higher elevation, is 

 Riccarton Junction, 820 feet above the sea level, and just on 

 the chain of hills which separates Teviotdale from Liddesdale. 

 It is on the Liddesdale side of the hill, about twelve miles 

 from Hawick and thirty-five from Kelso, and is in the 

 parish of Castleton. The rainfall there is as follows : — 



t> . ( Diameter of Funnel 5 in. 



jsam Height , Above Ground 1 ft, 6 in. 



uauge ( of Top | Aboye gea Level g20 ft _ 



Month. Total Depth. ^Jtourf ™ ^T-ofor 



more fell. 



Inches. Depth. Date. 



January, 8-16 1-66 17 23 



February, 4-64 1-07 24 19 



March, ..., 3-72 -67 28 21 



April, 3-42 -84 21 17 



May, 3-89 -60 7 22 



June, 3-99 -74 6 21 



July, 5-08 1-68 26 14 



August, 4-16 0-65 12 21 



September, 5-83 0-84 27 25 



October, 6-89 1-44 29 20 



November, 7-58 111 15 23 



December, 6-02 1-29- 8 22 



Total 63-38 248 



It may be observed that the high aggregate of Riccarton 

 was exceeded by that of two other stations in the parish of 

 Castleton where gauges are kept. At Kirndean, in the 

 valley of the Liddell, the rainfall was fully 68 inches ; and 

 at Flatt, about six miles farther down the valley, and just 

 on the Borders of Cumberland, it was about the same. 



But the highest of all is at Deadwater, a station which 



