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Sec«ndM«Mh. 8. Rainy evening, jo. p.m. clear: a fine MusK fti 

 the evening' twilight. 1 1 . Hoar frost. 12. Stormy night, 14. Rainy 

 morning: very stormy day.' i6. Wind boisterous all night, with raia. 

 17. Stormy night. 20. A very fine day: lunarhalo at night. 21. Cloudy: 

 a heavy shower of hail about half past 9, p. m. : night stormy. ?2. 

 About 9 a. m. came on a great storm. of wind and rain, mixed with 

 hail, which continued about an hour : on its ceasing, the clouds dis- 

 persed and the wind changed to W. About nodn it became again 

 stormy, continuing so at intervals till half past four, when it began tp 

 hail with great violence; this was followed by rain, and during the 

 storm there were frequent flashes of lightning and some di.stant thun- 

 der. 23. Cloudy: a large lunar halo: wind high in the night with 

 rain. 24. Very stormy morning: heavy ram about 3 a. m. with the 

 wind very strong from N. W. In an hour after, sUow and sleet, with 

 a freezing air : cl6ar eslmlng : the moon bright. -25. Very stormy. 

 27. 28. Hoar frost. 29. Misty morning. 



Third Month. 2. Fine, with occasional clouds. 3. Hoar (roit: 

 oigbt rainy. 4. W«t morning. 5. Wet night. 



RESULTS, 



Wind^ rariable. 



Barometer: highest observation SO'OQ inches; lowest 39*30 inches j 

 Mean Qf the period i^'738 inches. 



Tbensometer: highest observation 54®; loweit 25**; 

 Mean of the period 4173". 



Evaporation 3-2S inches. Ra^ip, &c. 3*71 inches. 



For the chief p^t of the observations in the present period, I 9m 

 tgain indebted to fny friend John Gibson. 



LoxDON, U HOWARD. 



Thiti Mntht 23, J 81 9. 



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