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APPENDIX. 
Date. 
Hour of 
Day. 
Degrees in 
scale of 
Fahrenheit. 
Remarks. 
1852. 
April 
3 
12.30 
1027 
From 1 o'clock to 
1.30 
87*8 
1.23 large drops 
sunset 
85-1 
of rain, followed 
by heavy gusts 
of wind. 
4 
sunrise 
73 
noon 
100-4 
About 1 1 o'clock 
thick rain-clouds 
gathering, but no 
rain. 
5 
sunrise 
81-5 
About 5 o'clock in 
the morning the 
thunder-storm 
broke forth, with 
light rain lasting 
till about 8 a.m. 
Then the sun 
broke through 
the clouds, while 
the thunder con- 
tinued. At 9.30 
a.m. again a little 
rain ; the sky re- 
maining overcast 
the rest of the 
day. 
1.30 p.m. 
91-4 
sunset 
90-5 
6 
sunrise 
76-3 
Sky thickly over- 
cast ; storm to- 
wards the north. 
1.15 p.m. 
105-4 
7 
sunrise 
72 
1 p.m. 
106-7 
2 p.m. 
109-4 
sunset 
94-6 
8 
sunrise 
76-5 
Sky overcast ; at 
1 1 o'clock a little 
rain began, often 
interrupted, the 
thunder - storm 
gradually turning 
to the north. 
noon 
94-5 
1.15 p.m. 
104 
sunset 
92-5 
About 8 p.m. a 
thunder - storm 
arose from the 
Date. 
1852. 
April 
10 
11 
12 
Hour of 
Day. 
2 p.m. 
1 p.m. 
sunset 
sunrise 
1.30 p.m. 
sunset 
sunrise 
1.30 p.m. 
sunset 
a .-a 
S « 5 
80 
98- 
104 
100 
76-3 
103 
87-4 
75-6 
95-5 
99-3 
Remarks. 
east, accompanied 
by much wind, 
but only little 
rain; night very 
oppressive. 
The sky overcast; 
atmosphere op- 
pressive. About 
8 o'clock a few 
drops of rain. 
About 3 a.m. a 
thunder-storm, 
without wind, but 
accompanied by 
considerable rain, 
which lasted for 
about an hour and 
a half. 
Sky overcast. 
In the evening a 
thunder-storm 
gathered from the 
west, but bring- 
ing only a few 
drops of rain. 
Sky overcast ; sultry. 
About 2 p.m. a 
thunder-storm in 
the distance east- 
ward, gradually 
approaching, and 
sending forth, at 
sunset, uninter- 
rupted peals of 
thunder and 
flashes of light- 
ning, with only a 
few drops of rain, 
but heavy squalls 
of wind lasting 
till about 8 p.m.; 
a heavy shower 
followed, lasting 
for about two 
hours. 
