170 . ’ NOTES ON THE METEOROLOGY AND 
1869, March 9 0-015 
: ee 1360 Thunder and lightning ; barometer usual. 
22 0°446° 
23 0°229 
—— 28 days rain in 3 months. 
It was rcp that during the day-time it frequently rained 
in =m show pr te all sides, without any falling on the island. 
Heavy rai de aac me up from the e st, which as they came 
radiation so that the cloudsno longer disappeared, but at a 
times the greater part of the rain fell at night or during early 
morning. 
The barometer that I had was an aneroid which I got from on 
board a ship, and except on three oceasions noted above registered 
29°95 inches at 9a.m. This is about 0°11 inches higher than the 
usual reading within the tropics, the difference being no doubt 
due to the barometer itself, but as it got broken coming here I 
had no opportunity of comparing it. 
The variations of the thermometert in the shade were ae 
e F. On October 11th, at daybreak, 7 7° F., raining, wind E. 
On December Ist, at 11 a.m., raining, 84° p all day ; and from 
the 16th January, 1869 to 29th, inclusive, the thermometer never 
rose above 82°, there being continuous rain and no sun visible 
for thirteen days, with the wind due west. Hanging in the sun 
and freely e o the wind, the unblackened thermometer 
gave at different pen readings 3° , and covere 
with one inch of soil, light grey in colour, it rose to from 125° 
to 135° in the afternoon. As I had only one Loret sierdeal these 
clea could not be often taken for fear of breaka 
oration was not observed with regularity, but an average — 
<o inches 
¢ days ending 11th December, 1868, gave e 0387. 
