OP THE PENINSULA OF INDIA, AND AUSTRALIA. 



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VIII. — Temperahtre of the Eabth and Aib, as obseeved by Captain Newbold 



AT BeLIART, on the CENTRE OF THE TABLE-LAND OF PENINSULAR IhDIA, 

 LAT. 15° 6' N. ; ELEVATION 1600 FEET ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE SEA. In tie 



hot month of May, skytmclouded; soil reddish and light in texture, completely 

 sheltered by a thatched roof; depth of thermometer for temperatire of the 

 earth one foot. 



Barth. 



Air iu 

 Shade. 



Two P.M. 



Earth. 



Air in 

 Sliade. 



First Day . 

 Second Day. 

 Third Day . 

 Fourtt Day. 



86-5 

 86-0 

 85-5 

 87-0 



81-0 



78-0 

 78-5 

 75-0 



^1-3 

 89-0 

 90-0 

 89-0 



96-5 

 92-0 

 95-0 

 92-0 



86-0 



78-1 



89-! 



93-9 



Mean temperature of the earth one foot deep at sunrise and 



2p.m 87-9 



Mean temperature of the air at sunrise and 2 p.m. . . . 86'0 



Diflference 1-9 



From the above it appears that the earth was nearly four degrees 

 warmer at 2 p.m. than at sunrise ; and that on the average it was 

 nearly two degrees warmer than the air. 



IX. — Variations of Tempebatttkb in New Holland, aocordino to Sir Thomas 

 Mitohell's Observations. 



a. Noonday Temperatures. 



Nov. Dec, averaging at noon 102° 

 Jan. Feb., „ „ 97| 



Feb. March, ,, „ 90 



March, ,, ,,95 



b. Night Temperatures. 



Occasional Temperature at Sunrise. 



62° 58° 61° 



61 69 47 



61 64 48 



68 65 47 



(See Journal of Horticultural Society, III. 297.) 



