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APPENDIX.— E. 
METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, 
Showing the Variations of the Barometer, Thermometer, and Hygrometer, during the 
passage of the Alceste from Hong Kong, up the Eastern and Yellow Seas, to the Gulph 
of Pe-tch e-lee. 
Date. 
1816. 
Lat. N. 
Long. E. 
Hour. 
Bar. 
China 
Sea. 
July 14 
22 ° 20 ' 
115° '22' 
Noon. 
29. 89 
Straights of Formosa. 
15 
22. 44. 10" 
117- 31. 
29. 9 
16’ 
24. 36. 
118. 47. 
Noon. 
29.76 
Tung- 
Hai, 
1 7 
8AM 
99 80 
26. 21 . 
121. 54. 
Noon. 
29. 80 
8 P.M. 
29. 78 
1 k 
8 A.M. 
99 80 
or 
29. 1. 
1 ! 38. 
Noon. 
29. 77 
8PM 
29 70 
19 
8 A.M. 
29 78 
30. 51. 
153. 50. 
Noon. 
29.77 
8PM 
29 7‘> 
20 
8 A.M. 
29. 70 
Eastern Sea. 
32. 35. 
123. 40. 
Noon. 
29. 70 
Entering the 
8 P.M. 
29. 70 
Yellow 
Sea 
21 
8 A.M. 
29. 72 
33. 53. 
124 
Noon. 
29. 75 
8 P.M. 
29. 75 
22 
8 A.M. 
29. 69 
34. 43. 
123. 57. 
Noon. 
29. 70 
8PM 
29 73 
23 
8 A.M. 
29. 80 
35. 1. 
1 23.46. 
Noon. 
29. 81 
24 
8AM 
29 8 1 
Noon. 
29. 80 
— 
8 P.M. 
29. 70 
Ther. 
Hyg- 
Wind. 
REMARKS. 
On the 14th of Ju- 
ly, when this table 
commences, the Al- 
85 
0 
s.w. 
83 
15 
s.w. 
ceste had left Hong 
Kong sound. The 
80 
10 
s.w. 
mean of our observ- 
81 
8 
s.w. 
ations, whilst we re- 
mained there, from 
81 
8 
s.w. 
the 10th to the 1 3th, 
80 
2 
s.w. 
gave for the 
79 
1 
s.w. 
Barometer - 29°. 64'. 
78. 5 
0 
s.w. 
Therm. - - 81- 5. 
Hygr. - - 0 
79 
0 
s.w. 
Prevailingwind S. W. 
79 
3 
s.w. 
78 
1 
s.w. 
The south westerly 
79 
0 
s. 
winds were usually 
78 
0 
s.w. 
accompanied by hazy 
79 
0 
s.w. 
weather, the norther- 
ly winds by clear 
78 
3 
w. 
weather, with occa- 
sional squalls, attend- 
75 
10 
N. 
ed by thunder and 
lightning. 
76 
17 
N.E. 
76 
16 
E. by S. 
76 
1 
S.W. by W. 
76 
2 
S.W. 
76 
2 
N.E. 
76 
12 
N.W. 
76 
0 
S. 
76 
0 
S.E. 
During a heavy 
76 
6 
N.W. by W. 
fall of rain on the 
74 
0 
S.E. 
24th, the Barometer 
3 F 2 
