METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER. 
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Date 
Hour of 
Day. 
t Degrees in 
scale of 
Fahrenheit. 
xieinarKS. 
Dat 
a e. 
Hour of 
Day. 
Degrees in 
scale of 
Fahrenheit. 
1854. 
1 854. 
March 
April 
in about 2 o clock 
p.m., lasting till 
5 o'clock.* 
28 
- 
Between 1 and 2 
1 1 
- 
o'clock in the 
morning again a 
light rain, lasting 
- 
about an hour. 
13 
JNo observ 
ation. 
After sunrise the 
14 
sky became clear- 
er, and at 9 
15—18 
- 
o'clock a m. the 
19 
- 
sun burst forth ; 
heavy gale the 
21 
- 
whole day long. 
27 
29 
- 
Day clear, but 
windy ; not too 
warm. 
28 
- 
30 
- 
Sunny, but strong 
gale blowing. 
- 
Q 1 
- 
At times sunny. 
then dull, rather 
windy. 
April 
1 
Jjuil ; a little drop- 
ping in the after- 
May 
noon. 
1 
- 
2 
Clearer. About sun- 
set a heavy gale 
sprang up. 
3 
A warm day. 
4 
Fine cool morning, 
with the usual 
northerly gale ; 
in the afternoon 
quiet. 
5 
Warm day. 
6 
Morning cool. 
7 
Fresh wind. 
3 
8 
Very cool night. 
4 
9 
Warm day ; no 
wind. About sun- 
set overcast. 
10 
Night not so cool. 
Remarks. 
About 1 o'clock 
p.m. heavy gust 
of wind. 
Wai-m. About 2 
o'clock p.m. vio- 
lent gusts of wind. 
A warm day. 
About noon a 
southerly gale. 
No observation. 
The sun very trou- 
blesome. 
Sky dull ; ; -indy. 
Night very warm. 
Sky in the morn- 
ing not clear. 
Fine morning; day 
very warm. 
Very warm day. 
At 9.30 p.m. a 
light and short 
fall of rain, fol- 
lowed by a 
breeze. 
The sky in the 
evening thickly 
overcast with 
clouds. 
Cloudy ; the sun 
burst forth about 
3 o'clock p.m. All 
this time along 
the Niger a heavy 
dew in the even- 
ing and during 
the night. 
A clear day. 
A clear day. 3 
o'clock p.m. thun- 
der in the dis- 
tance, towards S. 
andS.E. 3.45 a 
* All the people assured me that the preceding year the rain-fall about this time of the year had been much 
more considerable. They generally reckon four rainy days in March and three in April, and call this season 
the Nisan. 
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