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The Scituation of my Thermometer is againft a Nor- 
thern Wall in the open Air : whereby it is defended 
againft the Heat of the Sun, and fo fheweth only the 
lihe trueprefent Temperature of the Air. Tis alfo 
guarded againft the Beams of the Morning and Even- 
ing San, v\^hen it rifeth and fetteth on the Northern 
fide of the E. and W. points ot the Horizon. 
I have thought it unneceflary for the moft part, in 
the Column of Weather^ to take jpotice of the Tempe- 
rature of the Air, whether Hot, Cold, or Moderate, 
becaufe the Column of the Thermometer (heweth this. 
Neither alfo have I faid what Rain fell, whether much 
or little, becaufe the Column of Rain fufficiently de- 
monftratetfa it. So that it is eafy to oWerve, almoft 
at one view, what Seafons we have had laft year, whe- 
therHot, Cold, Temperate, Wet or Dry. I need look 
no farther back for an inftance, than the laft Winter- 
Months, which now, or any time htTeafter, we may 
difcover to have been very mild, by the Spirits having 
been for the moft part above 8 2 Degrees. Yea, many 
of the days of November and Decemher^ we may find 
were not much colder than many of the mornings and 
evenings of the warmer Months. So alio for Wet and 
Dry , we may find what reafon there is tor the prefent 
great fcarcity of Water, which is complained of in 
many places. For befides what happened in former 
Months, the two laft Months of the Year were much 
• dryer than ufual, fo that had it not been for the rains 
of O&okry perhaps a drought had been a General cala- 
mity. 
I have had frequent confirmations of what I obferv'd 
laft year, (PhiL Tranf. N. 249.) concerning the Mer- 
i:Hry rifing in Foggy weather. The like it doth alfo in 
mifling weather 3 as may be feen in divers places of the 
Table. 
