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probably furnish materials for more minute and detailed profitable 
investigati 
mong the deductions in my paper on the “tidal rainfall of 
Philadelphia” (Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc., x, 530), were the two fol- 
lowing : 
“(1.) The tidal rainfall, like the ocean tides, is affected by ‘ estab- 
lishments,’ which depend upon ocean currents, mountain ranges, 
i D 
*(2.) It is also, hike the ocean tides, more marked in low than in 
high latitudes.” 
These inferences are strikingly corroborated by the Lisbon 
records, and I look confidently for equally striking additional con- 
rmation from observations on our Pacific coast. Moreover, 1 
think that my previous discussions, combined with generalizations 
from the meteorological reports of the Signal Service Bureau and 
with well known tidal laws, are sufficient to justify the following 
predictions. ) 
(1.) The tidal rainfall will generally be found more strongly 
marked on the western shores of the several continents, than in 
the same latitudes on the eastern shores, : 
(2.) When the rainfalls, at any given station, are grouped both in 
accordance with the age of the moon and the direction of the 
wind which brings the rain, opposition of winds will be ound to 
character peed 
_ 4. Meteor in Mexico.—For the following communication the 
Journal is indebted to the favor of Prof. Henry, Secretary of the 
Smithsonian Institution. 
_ The observations relate to the meteor of the 22nd of last month 
~ 1871, but the month not stated in the communication] and are 
So del Comercio,” published by waa 
Mexi 
Being in the telegraph office, we have 
ielegraphically the meteor from one poin 
ng are the reports received. 
exico.— At - quarter past eight o’clock P. M., a red — 
appeared in the blue sky, and turned afterwards into a w : 
luminous band. It moved from west to east. with a slight inchina- 
tion towards the W. §. W. and E. N. E., and lasted ten minutes. 
t to the other. The fol- 
