1825.] 



On the amount of Rain-fall at Calcutta. 



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neighbourhood. Residing in the thickest part of the forest, and su- 

 perior to the Rakkheins in hardiness of constitution, as well as bravery 

 of soul, they are chiefly occupied in the pursuit of game, or in the 

 collection of honey, wax, elephants' teeth, and such other forest pro- 

 duce as may meet with a ready sale in the plain's. The Kaengs of 

 Rambree are for the most part engaged in the cultivation of vegetables, 

 and the manufacture of spirituous liquors, which are in general demand 

 with those of their own class, forming an essential ingredient on all 

 occasions of festivity, whether in the celebration of a marriage, or in 

 the more important ceremonies of a funeral. Indifferent to the nature 

 and quality of their food, they not only subsist on vegetables and 

 grain, but eat the flesh of most animals — a preference being given to 

 that of dogs and swine. 



The Kaengs possess no written records whatever of their descent ; 

 and as they can neither read nor write, deeming it superfluous to in- 

 struct their children in such matters, it is not susprising that all traces 

 of their origin should be either lost, or enveloped in total obscurity at 

 the present time. 



IV. — On the amount of Rain-fall at Calcutta, as affected by the De- 

 clination of the Moon. By the Rev. R. Everest. 

 Since my last paper upon this subject I have been enabled to com- 

 pare the meteorological registers with the Nautical Almanacks. In 

 doing this I have made out a table of the average daily quantity of 

 rain that fell in each rainy season with every 2£ degrees of the 

 moon's declination. I have now the honour to lay it before the So- 

 ciety, and to add, that where the registers were complete, I have be- 

 gun the average with the first rain that fell in April, and ended it 

 with the last that fell in October. 



Average Quantity of Rain in decimals of Inches in the years 



Moon's 1824 Gen. mean. 



decli- and 



nation. 1823 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 18.30 18.31 1832 1833 1834 



2°30' 

 5"00 

 7°30' 

 10° 



12°30' 

 15 b 0' 

 17°30' 

 20°0' 

 22°30' 

 25° 

 27 b 30' 



•231 

 •110 

 •167 

 •315 

 •142 

 •483 

 •133 

 •196 

 •052 

 •721 

 1-580 



•000 

 •002 

 •000 

 •016 

 •153 

 •001 

 •152 

 •036 

 •096 

 •158 



•353 

 •831 

 •08U 

 •164 

 •688 

 •340 

 •211 

 •305 

 •231 



L-187 

 •230 

 •586 

 •077 

 •078 

 •315 

 •205 

 •261 



•152 

 •180 

 •440 

 •229 

 ■252 

 ■502 

 •223 

 •632 



•288 

 •369 

 •449 

 •436 



•373} 

 •227j 

 •317 

 •251 



•320 

 •660 

 •126 

 •350 

 •267 

 •230 

 •419 

 •234 



•365 

 •076 

 •119 

 •434 

 •141 

 •319 

 •409 

 •311 



189 



•364 



•345 





223 



•175 



•412 



, 



249 



•316 



•329 





332 



•373 



•370 



• 



132 



•079 



•237 





144 



•285 



•249 





134 



•269 



•186 





180 



•386 



•253 





33 J 



•277 



•282 







•622 



•432 



1- 



•345 

 •297 

 •260 

 •281 

 •231 

 •281 

 •242 

 •277 

 •211 

 •483 

 :-580 



Note. — The periods for which these averages were taken, are for 1823, the 

 months of August and September; for 1824 and 1825, Nov. Dec. Feb. and 

 March; for 1826, May, June, July, August, Sept. Oct.; for 1828, July, Aug. Sept. 

 and Oct.; for the other years, from the first rain in April to the last in October. 



