METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER. 
659 
Date. 
1854, 
May 
Hour of 
Day. 
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26 
27 
28 
29 
30 
Remarks. 
duration. About 
3 p.m. another 
thunder - storm 
arose, but passed 
by without rain, 
only the thunder- 
claps being heard. 
5 o'clock another 
thunder - storm, 
with a powerful 
sand-storm, but 
no rain. 
Sky overcast. At 
2 o'clock p.m. a 
light shower, fol- 
lowed by a second. 
On the south- 
ern side of the 
Niger a great deal 
more rain fell. 
Later in the after- 
noon the sky be- 
came clearer, but 
the whole of the 
evening much 
heat lightning, to- 
wards N. & N.E. 
2^ p.m. a heavy 
thunder - storm 
rose from the 
E., but passed 
by without rain, 
otirrying with it 
an immense quan- 
tity of sand. 
Warm day ; a thun- 
der-storm inA'ri- 
bmda. 
Clear day. 
Kainy day ; in 
the earlier part 
of the day twice 
a little rain. At 
3.30 p.m. a very 
heavy gale arose, 
but bringing us 
only sand. Rain 
in A'riblnda. 
Date. 
1854. 
June 
Hour of 
Day. 
Remarks. 
The air became 
much cooler. Se- 
veral thunder- 
storms in the after- 
noon, the second 
approaching from 
the N. at 6 o'clock 
p.m., followed by 
a light fall of rain 
at 6.15, conti- 
nuing, with a 
short interrup- 
tion, till 10 o'clock 
at night, and cool- 
ing the hot sandy 
soil. 
Cool and fresh ; fine 
day. 
Eine warm day. 
In the morning a 
thunder- storm to- 
wards the W. ; at 
8 o'clock a heavy 
gale. 
A clear day, after- 
wards windy. At 
5 o'clock p.m. a 
thunder - storm 
arose, but with- 
out rain near us. 
Very warm day. 
Exceedingly warm; 
in the evening 
heat-lightning in 
every direction. 
2.30 after midnight 
a thunder-storm 
rose, followed by 
light rain, lasting 
from 3.30 to 8.30 
a.m. Then follow- 
ed a heavy gale. 
Fine. 
Cloudy in the after- 
noon; heat light- 
ning in the even- 
ing. 
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