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Meteorological JoufnaL [z\pril^ 1813, 

 REMARKS. 



Second Month, 24. Floar frost. About 6 p.m. a very dark 

 cloud came over, lowering with an arched base, as before thun- 

 der, and presently discharged a shower of large hail and rain, 

 which was accompanied with a cold wind. 25. Fair a. m. ; wet 

 and windy p. m. and night. 26. The same. 27. Cirrus^ Cu- 

 7mdus, and Cirrostratus colours, appeared together : much wind ; 

 about 7 p' ni. wind N. W. a bright meteor passed from about 

 the zenith towards the N. dechning a little westward. 28. Clear 

 morning: wind moderate. 



Third Month.— I. Hoar frost : fair. 2, 3. Light showers. A 

 Nimbus appeared S. of the setting sun on the 3d, which, went 

 away southward. 9. Light showers. 10. a.m. Sleet. At sun- 

 set a Cumulostratus : some hail-balls in the night. 11. A 

 Nimbus was perceptible by 7 a. m. forming in the N.E. Some 

 heavy (though transient) snow; squalls followed during the day. 

 Abundance of snow fell, on this and the follow^ing night, to the 

 southward, extending as far as the coast of France. 



RESULTS. 



Prevailing Winds Westerly ; with a marked interruption by a 

 current from the N. E. occasioning snow about the middle of 

 the period. 



^ Barometer: Greatest observed height . .30*40 inches; 



Least . . , T .... 2.9-69 inches ; 



Mean of the period .30' 109 inches ; 



Thermometer: Greatest height ....... .58*^ 



Least 24*" 



Mean of the period 42*50° 



Evaporation, 1-97 inch. Rain, &c. 1*46 inch. 



Tottenham, L. HOWARD. 



Third Month, 25, 1813. 



Errata in the First Edition of W IIL 



Page 162, line 9 from bottom, for ^* Red Noble Order of 

 the Third Class," read " Of the Third Class of the Order of 

 the Red Eagle." 



Page 192, line iO from bottoni, for ^' of a new set of rocks, 

 or a new arrangement, if those already know^n/' read " ij' a 

 new set of rocks, or a nev^ arrangement o/' tliose already knowr>." 



Same pap: line 14 from bottom, Jbr '' that which leads,'* 

 read " that charm which leads.'* 



