2 Meteorological Observations on Parisnath Hill. [No. 1. 



Travelling to the North West, the bill is on the right of the 

 Trunk road. Its crest runs from East and a few degrees South to 

 the West and a few degrees North. Its highest points are at both 

 ends, the first and higher one on the western, the second and lower 

 one on the eastern termination ; the distance between them is about 

 a mile and a half. Midway and to the South of a straight line 

 drawn between them is a third summit lower than either of the others, 

 but differing very little from the second. This is a trigonometrical 

 station, and its height, as taken from the revised calculations of the 

 Becords of the Calcutta longitudinal series is 4477.73 feet above the 

 sea, or 4459.62 feet above the level of Calcutta. These three sum- 

 mits are connected by a slightly undulating ridge, the crest of the 

 hill, on both sides of which the ground immediately begins to slope 

 downwards, leaving only a narrow strip of ground to walk upon. — 

 Immediately below the eastern or second summit, descending about 

 430 feet on the southern slope, stands, on a partly artificial base a 

 small Jain temple, in the open verandah of which most of the baro- 

 metrical observations were made. It is protected towards the North 

 by the side of the hill, which is very steep and towards the East by 

 a spur branching off from the f summit above. Towards the South 

 and the South West the view is open, but towards the West it is 

 hemmed in by protruding masses thrown out from the centre of 

 the hill. 



Observations. The observations were made on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd 

 and 4th of April, 1856. On the 4th I left the hill, and the last 

 two observations on that day were made in the travellers Bungalow 

 at Topchancee, a village near the foot of the hill. 



On the hill during the first three days the sky was cloudless, 

 with the exception of a few occasional stratus-clouds in the South 

 West, and the atmosphere, in the middle of the day was hazy and 

 not very transparent. The wind on the summit was a breeze from 

 the North West. On the morning of the 4th, white clouds from the 

 South were travelling northward ; about midday they became very 

 dense and formed a good protection against the sun. 



In Calcutta, from the 1st to the 3rd, the sky was clear and the 

 wind from the South and South West. On the 4th, the southerly 

 breeze was stronger than on the preceding days, and during the 

 day the aspect of the sky was cloudy. 



