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average rainfall over the whole area, as is shown by any of the 
other gauges ; and therefore, in this case particularly, a comparison 
with other gauges based on the short period of seven years is not 
unlikely to yield an anomalous result. 
The higher average records at No. 3 gauge than at No. 2, although 
the former is at a lower level, may have some reference to the 
position of No. 3, between the adjoining higher ground of White 
Coomb and Hart Fell, on the E.N.E. and W.S.W. respectively, 
outside the drainage area. 
The annual rainfall at each gauge, dealt with in the above tables, 
is the average of the amounts recorded during the seven years. In 
order to see whether the records at the several gauges bear ap- 
proximately the same proportion throughout the period under 
review, the records of each year are analysed and compared with 
the average in the table following. Gauge No. 5a record is, with 
one exception, the highest in each year, and its practically uniform 
proportion throughout to the average of the seven gauges is worthy 
of note. The other gauges exhibit considerably more variation, and 
this is most marked in the case of No. 1. 
