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THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 
Stanley, Falkland Islands. 
Meteorological Table compiled from Observations taken at 9 a.m. daily by Mr. 
Cobb during the year 1875. 
Barometer reduced to 32° and sea level. Position of Observatory lat. 51° 41' S., long. 57° 51' W.; Height of 
Barometric Cistern 21 -5 feet. The mean temperature is the mean of the maximum and minimum Self 
Registering Thermometers read at 9 a.m. 
Barometer. 
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Total 
No. 
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No. OF 
DAYS 
FROM 
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O. of d£ 
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REMARKS. 
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Fall. 
days. 
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N.E. 
E. 
S.E. 
s. 
s.w. 
W. 
N.W. 
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in. 
in. 
° 
° 
° 
in. 
January, . 
29-514 
0-99 
49-0 
12-9 
64-0 
36-0 
7-4 
3-27 
21 
2 
6 
8 
10 
5 
4 
67 
February, . 
29-543 
1-02 
48-6 
13-4 
64-1 
37-1 
7-6 
3-32 
18 
3 
6 
3 
9 
7 
3 
i 
77 
March, 
29-654 
1-01 
49-3 
12-2 
67-0 
32-8 
5-6 
1-76 
17 
3 
1 
7 
13 
7 
5 
2 
79 
April, . 
29-458 
1-28 
43-4 
10-2 
58-0 
32-9 
5-1 
2-40 
24 
2 
1 
2 
4 
17 
2 
2 
5 
2 
82 
May, 
29-551 
0-82 
42-3 
8-4 
51-0 
24-0 
6-6 
1-45 
15 
5 
2 
6 
14 
4 
1 
5 
91 
June, 
29-756 
0-95 
38-4 
6-0 
45-7 
29-1 
7-4 
1-43 
18 
2 
3 
2 
5 
14 
3 
1 
2 
2 
89 
Max. — Black 
bulb in 
July, 
29-581 
1-34 
37-0 
8-3 
48-1 
27-2 
6-9 
1-18 
17 
4 
1 
5 
4 
14 
1 
2 
2 
90 
Sun 150° '5. 
Min. — On 
August, 
29-653 
1-16 
38-5 
9-9 
51-9 
23-7 
6-3 
0-91 
16 
2 
4 
1 
16 
5 
3 
6 
2 
88 
Grass 19° -7. 
September, 
29-762 
1-15 
41-6 
11-1 
53-8 
28-7 
4-9 
0-84 
14 
2 
2 
1 
4 
17 
3 
1 
5 
2 
75 
October, . 
29-708 
1-30 
421 
14-8 
58-9 
29'7 
7-4 
1-07 
20 
3 
7 
8 
11 
1 
1 
1 
1 
81 
November, 
29-750 
1-13 
46-2 
11-8 
68-2 
33-0 
6-9 
1-24 
14 
1 
1 
1 
1 
12 
5 
9 
3 
1 
72 
December, 
29-486 
0-70 
45-8 
12-1 
64-4 
30-5 
7-2 
2-92 
25 
4 
3 
3 
3 
5 
4 
8 
1 
3 
2 
76 
Means, ) 
Totals, and 1 
Extremes, ) 
29-618 
43-5 
10-8 
68-2 
24-0 
6-6 
21-79 
219 
3£ 
6 
15 
9 
53 
48 
152 
39 
10 
38 
22 
80 
The Falklands are a treeless expanse of moorland and bog, and bare and barren rock. 
Though it was summer at the time of the visit, and the islands are in about a corre- 
sponding latitude to London, a bitterly cold hail storm was pelting down as the first 
boat was rowed to the shore. The islands are occupied as sheep and cattle runs, and 
since sheep are found to pay best, they are to a large extent supplanting the cattle, 
formerly so numerous. The mutton is most excellent, but the supply is so far in excess 
of the small demand that the Falkland Island Company have a large establishment where 
their sheep are boiled down for tallow. 
At the request of the Governor, Mr. Moseley rode with Lieutenant Channer 60 miles 
across the large island, on which the town of Stanley is situated, to Port Darwin, in order 
