C 29 ] 
Inches. Tenths. Parts of a Tenth. 
January — — 
4 
— 
3 
— 
0 
February - — 
2 
— 
1 
— 
0 
March — — 
2 
— 
8 
— 
0 
April — — 
1 
— 
0 
— 
1 
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May — — 
1 
— 
0 
— 
0 
June — — 
0 
— 
2 
— 
0 
July _ — 
0 
— 
5 
— 
0 
Auguft — — 
3 
— 
5 
— 
0 
September — 
4 
— 
3 
— 
0 
October — — 
5 
— — 
6 
— 
0 
November — — 
3 
— 
2 
— 
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December — — 
1 
— 
4 
— 
0 
In the whole 
29 
— 
9 
— 
♦ 
s 
If you, Sir, or any of your acquaintance keep 
an ombrometer, and regifter of the rain at London, 
I fhould be glad to know how much fell there, for 
by fuch obfervations it might in time be known where 
the quantity exceeds. I think round Paris they rec- 
kon but at 1 9 inches, but in iflands, and near the Sea 
coaft it mud: be more. 
I remain, Sir, 
your moft obedient fervant 
William Borlafe. 
IX. An 
