NO. 17.] 



PRECIPITATION. 



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THE AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION. 



The expedition had a rain-gauge and a snow-gauge, and observations 

 were made with them. As may have been seen from the remarks below the 

 Tables of observation, the snow was very often observed drifting from the 

 ground and the observations of the snow-gauge were consequently erroneous. 

 It is therefore of no use to discuss them. The observations made with the 

 rain-gauge can scarcely be called satisfactory, as snow-falls occur in every 

 month, and oftener than rain. The following observations have been extracted 

 from the original journal of observations. 



The totals are 



On the 29*^ July, 1895, it rained and snowed the whole day, and the 

 quantity measured on the 30*'' at 8 a. m. was 19*7 millimetres. 



