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February 8. Brilliant aurora. 



February 16. 



June 10. Severe thunderstorm, with torrents of rain and hail from 11 

 to 12 o'clock. The lightning struck several buildings, including Messrs 

 Ballantine & Co.'s printing office, and a hat factory adjoining. Several 

 people injured. 



August 26. Severe thunderstorm with heavy rain. The water flowing 

 down the Cowgate for some time presented the appearance of a rapid river. 

 The parapet of the Earl of Moray's pleasure ground was undermined, nearly 

 30 yards of it giving way. 



August 31. 



January 12. Severe gale. Lead stripped off the dome of St George's 

 church, and several other buildings injured. 



January 14 and 15. Another heavy gale from S.W. to N.W. Turret 

 and other ornaments upon the tower of Bishop Sandford's chapel at West 

 end of Princes Street blown down. 



July 1. A very large comet seen, described as " not much inferior in 

 magnitude and brilliancy to the celebrated comet of 1811." 



December 9 and 10. Snow 6 inches deep. 



December 28 and 29. Heavy snowstorm j a foot in depth where not 

 drifted. 



January 7. " Great eclipse of the sun ; weather so thick, hardly visible 

 here. I had some distinct glimpses of it, however, after two o'clock, half- 

 an-hour past the middle of the eclipse." — Waterston. 



January 16. Snow 9 inches deep. 



January 19. Snow 18 inches deep, but 2 to 3 feet in drifts. 



January 22. Heavy gale. A caravan weighing about six tons and 

 containing several wild animals blown over at Wombell's menagerie on the 

 Mound. 



November 4. " On the morning of the 4th we had a most severe gale 

 from the N.E., which did great damage to the shipping on the east coast of 

 Scotland." — Waterston. 



July 21. Severe thunderstorm, accompanied by heavy showers of pieces 

 of clear ice. House in Gibb's Entry, Nicolson Street, struck. Lower 

 parts of town flooded. 



September 11. Severe S.W. gale; much damage at sea. 



November 7. Beautiful auroral arch to north. 



November 8. Brilliant aurora. 



January 12-27. Heavy snow showers almost every day. Depth on 

 23rd nearly a foot. " We have had a longer continuance of snow on the 

 ground this month than at any time siuce January 1814." — Waterston. 



February 1-4. Great snowstorm from E.N.E., the heaviest since 1795. 

 During the first week hardly any mails arrived in Edinburgh. On the 9th 

 no less than twenty-two mails were due at the Post Office, six of these 

 London. Hundreds of men had to be employed clearing the roads, the 

 snow where not drifted averaging two feet in depth. 



July 23. Total eclipse of the moon. 



October 9-13. Severe gale from N.E. About 150 vessels stranded or 

 lost on the eastern coasts of Scotland and England. 



December 29. Heavy S.W. gale in Edinburgh ; blew down house walls, 

 trees, etc. 



January 2. Some thunder in the morning. 



January 18. Barometer fell an inch in about 10 hours. 



February 6. Iu twelve hours the barometer rose something more than 

 an inch. 



March 19. Very fine aurora. (See Edin, Phil. Jour., vol. xiii. pp. 

 178-179.) 



May 27. Snow and sleet. Pentland hills white on the 28th. 



