( V879 ) 
This lUuftrious Society having been pleafed to accept 
of Mr Townley$ and my Obfervations compared, concern- 
ing the height of the Mercury, &c. for divers years, to 
the year 1702, which were publiflied in the Tranfafti- 
ons 5 it may not, I hope, be unacceptable to continue 
thefe Obfervations as far asMr Towf^eley hath gone with 
them, till his Removal from Toivneley. 
And having room, I have added his Obfervations alfo 
of the Weather and Winds on the firft day of every 
month, together with my own at the fame time, ex- 
traded out of my larger Tables, now in the Society's 
cuftody. From whence thefe things may be obferved. 
I. That ( as I have often obferved in fome other Pa- 
pers) there is every year much more Rain falleth at 
Towneley than Upminfier. 
By the affiftance of an Ingenious Learned Member of 
this Society, I have an Extraft of the Rain at Park and 
Lijle^ as far as the French have publiflied their Obferva- 
tions. And by comparing the Rain of one place with 
that of another, I find that there is about twice as much 
Rain falleth at Townley^ as doth either at ZJpmwJtcr^ 
Park^ or Ufle. Mr TowneAey hath formerly obferved ia 
one of the Trahfidions, that as much more R.ain falieth - 
^tTovpnley as Park, And Mr de la Hire obferves. that 
more Rain falleth at LiJIe than Park, But Towndey doth 
farexceedj as hath been faid, and will appear by parti- 
culars. 
At Lifle^ one year v^ith another, the Depth of the 
Rains amount to 2 2 inches 5 lines, Park nieafure, or 23 
in. 5 1, which make about 29 ^ inches Englijh^ or 24 i. 
At P rk^ one ye^ir with another, they amount to 20 
inches 3 ^ lines Park rneafure, which is near 22 inches 
Englipj. But at Tm/te!ev^oT\e year with anotlier, accord- 
ing to Mr Townele/s computation formerly, the Rains 
amount to above 41 inches depth. And by taking eight 
other years, in" which ihe Rain was obferved both at 
Towf2eley 
