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APPENDIX X. 
a J 
Date. 
Hour of 
Day. 
Degrees i 
scale of 
Fahrenhei 
Remarks. 
Date. 
Day. 
Degrees i 
scale of 
Fahrenhei 
Remarks. 
1853. 
1853. 
June 
a little rain ac- 
companied by 
June 
storm, but no 
rain. 
heat - lightning, 
23 
- 
The sky clearer. 
but no thunder- 
1.30 p.m. 
100 
storm. 
24 
- 
Sky overcast. 7 
11 
- 
- 
In the afternoon 
thunder - clouds 
gathering, but the 
rain went south- 
wards. 
a.m. severe thun - 
der - storm ga- 
thered, setting in 
with a violent 
gale, followed by 
12 
- 
At 4| o'clock a.m. 
heavy rain, last- 
ing about three 
a thunder-storm 
gathering from 
hours. 
E. , followed by 
sunset 
84 
violent rain. 
25 
sunrise 
73*5 
Fine morning. 
13 
No obscrv 
ation. 
26 
Cloudy and stormy. 
14 
sunset 
98 
27 
_ 
Sky thickly over- 
15 
sunrise 
87 
cast, the clouds 
proceeding from 
N. 6.45 a.m. to 
16 
No observ 
ation. 
The following night 
a little rain. 
17 
- 
The sun broke 
through the 
clouds about 8 
a.m. 
7.25 moderate 
rain, afterwards 
gentle till 9 
o'clock. 
18 
- 
Eine morning ; in 
the afternoon 
thunder - storm 
from theE. passed 
by. 
28 
- 
Sky overcast. 
About noon a 
few drops. About 
1.30 p.m. heavy 
rain. 
19 
- 
About 4 o'clock 
p. m. thunder- 
29 
- 
_ 
Sky thickly over- 
cast in the morn- 
storm from the 
ing, afterwards 
cleared up. 
E., but no rain. 
20 
In the afternoon 
thunder - storm 
at some distance. 
30 
Eine morning, tole- 
rably clear. In 
the afternoon a 
(Say.) 
thunder-storm in 
the distance; late 
21 
In the afternoon 
overcast. After 
sunset a thunder- 
storm gathered 
from E.N.E., re- 
freshing the air ; 
much wind but 
in the evening a se- 
cond one gathered 
from E. and 
reached us after 
1 1 o'clock, with ex- 
traordinary force 
for the first hour, 
no rain. 
then more gen- 
tle till 2 o'clock 
a.m. 
22 
In the following 
night thunder- 
