APPENDIX  No.  II. 
Observations  on  the  Temperature  of  the  Surface-water  of  the  Sea  in  the 
Bristol  Channel,  1849. 
Referred  to  in  paragraph  5 8 A 
Date. 
1849. 
Time  of 
Day. 
Temp, 
of  Sea. 
Temp, 
of  Air. 
State  of  Tide. 
Wind. 
Remarks. 
Oct. 
1 
9 a.m. 
0 
59i 
0 
CO 
Low  water 
w. 
Moderate  breezes 
Sunshine  with  clouds. 
34  pan. 
00 
60 
High  water 
Ditto. 
2 
10|  a.m. 
00 
59 
Nr.  low  water 
N.K. 
Moderate 
Ditto. 
9 p.m. 
59 
59 
4^  hrs.  flood 
E.N.K. 
Light  winds 
Hazy. 
3 
59 
59 
4 5 hrs.  ebb 
W.S.W. 
Strong  winds 
Cloudy  and  hazy  at  sea. 
5J  p.m. 
59 
58 
High  water 
S.W. 
Fresh  gales 
Cloudy. 
4 
9 a.m. 
58 
55 
Half  ebb 
N.N.W. 
Ditto. 
6 p.m. 
58 
52 
High  water 
Ditto. 
5 
5 p.m. 
56 
54 
4 hrs.  flood 
W.N.W. 
Fresh  breezes 
Cloudy  with  rain. 
C 
8 a.m. 
5G 
51 
1J  hrs.  ebb 
S.W. 
Strong  winds 
Cloudy. 
44  p.m. 
55 
51 
5 hrs.  flood 
9 9 
Fresh  gales 
Heavy  rain. 
7 
7£  a.m. 
56 
54 
Half  flood 
W. 
Fresh  breezes 
Cloudy  with  showers. 
54  p.m. 
55 
52 
lj  hrs.  flood 
N.W. 
Ditto. 
8 
9g  a.m. 
55 
51 
5 hrs.  flood 
N.E. 
Fresh  gales 
Cloudy. 
5 p.m. 
51 
51 
4 hrs.  flood 
E.N.E. 
Fresh  breezes 
Ditto. 
9 
94  a.m. 
5I5 
49 
5 hrs.  flood 
E S.E. 
Moderate 
Ditto. 
6 p.m. 
51 
50 
Low  water 
S.E. 
Light  breezes 
Sunshine. 
10 
9^  a.m. 
54 
48 
4 hrs.  flood 
Moderate  breezes 
Clear. 
11 
3£  p.m. 
54 
49 
4£  hrs.  ebb 
9 9 
9 9 
Cloudy. 
7 a.m. 
53 
47 
l hrs.  flood 
Moderate 
Moderate  breezes. 
6 p.m. 
49 
52 
Low  water 
N.E. 
F resh 
Fresh  and  clear. 
12 
9J  a.m. 
48 
53 
Half  flood 
Fresh  breezes 
Clear. 
13 
5f  p.m. 
49 
54 
4J  hrs.  ebb 
9 9 
Strong  winds 
Cloudy. 
8 4 a.m. 
52 
41 
1 hrs.  flood 
Fresh  winds 
Clear. 
11 
54  p.m. 
53 
45 
Half  ebb 
9 9 
Strong  winds 
Cloudy. 
7f  a.m. 
52 
44 
5 hrs.  ebb 
Strong  breezes 
Sunshine  with  clouds. 
3j  p.m. 
52 
45 
5 hrs.  ebb. 
E.N.E. 
Ditto. 
15 
7 a.m. 
51 
41 
Half  ebb 
N.E. 
Moderate  breezes 
Cloudy. 
5£  p.m. 
52 
45 
1 hrs.  ebb 
> 9 
Ditto. 
10 
1 0^  a.m. 
51 
47 
Low  water 
S.E. 
Light  breezes 
Cloudy  and  hazy. 
10J  p.m. 
53 
46 
5 hrs.  ebb 
9 9 
Ditto. 
17 
7^  a.m. 
53 
47 
2 hrs.  ebb 
9 9 
Moderate 
Sunshine  with  clouds. 
3 p.m. 
53 
46 
Half  flood 
W.S.W. 
Ditto. 
18 
7 a.m. 
53 
50 
2 hrs.  ebb 
9 9 
Fresh  breezes 
Sunshine  ; hazy  at  sea. 
19 
3f  p.m. 
55 
51 
5J  hrs.  flood 
S.S.E. 
Moderate 
Ditto. 
7ij  a.m. 
51 
53 
1 hrs.  ehb 
S.E. 
Fresh  breezes 
Cloudy. 
20 
8 a.m. 
51 
53 
5 hrs.  ebb 
N.NAV. 
Light  winds 
Ditto. 
5£  p.m. 
54 
53 
Half  flood 
W.N.W. 
Clear. 
21 
9£  a.m. 
54 
50 
1 hrs.  ebb 
9 9 
Fresh  breezes 
Cloudy  ; hazy  at  sea. 
3i 
53 
55 
£ hrs.  flood 
Ditto. 
22 
7 a.m. 
54 
50 
4 hrs.  flood 
W.S.W. 
Ditto. 
23 
5£  p.m. 
55 
51 
Half  flood 
9 9 
Strong  breezes 
Cloudy. 
10  a.m. 
54 
53 
Nr.  high  water 
W. 
Stormy  winds 
Cloudy  ; hazy  at  sea. 
21 
4J  p.m. 
54 
53 
4 hrs.  flood 
9 9 
Cloudy. 
Sf  a m. 
54 
51 
4 hrs.  flood 
S.W. 
Fresh  breezes 
Ditto. 
25 
5 p.m. 
54 
54 
Low  water 
9 9 
Cloudy  with  rain. 
94  a.m. 
55 
55 
4 hrs.  flood 
W.S.W. 
9 9 
Strong  wind 
Thick  rain. 
26 
3 p.m. 
55 
55 
Half  ebb 
w. 
Ditto. 
7 a»m. 
53 
52 
Low  water. 
W.N.W. 
Fresh  breezes 
Foggy. 
27 
5£  p.m. 
56 
55 
4 hrs.  ebb 
9 9 
Ditto. 
7J  a.m. 
58 
53 
Low  water. 
W. 
Ditto. 
54  p.m. 
58 
58 
5 hrs.  ebb 
N.W  . 
9 9 
Ditto. 
