n6 Mr. Howard on the late extraordinary depression , &c. 
for “ April, 1782, 6.125 in* 5 and for “ May, 5.722 in.” at 
Lyndon ; yet the South Lambeth table, given along with his 
own, exhibits but 6. 24 in. for these two months ; and states 
6.88 in. for the seventh month (July), following, where he 
has but 2.70 in. I am almost at a loss for an apology to the 
Society, for having in my last paper anticipated, on the 
strength of a single analogy, a dry year for 1821, the fact 
being, that there has fallen at Tottenham, in the whole year, 
no less than 33.84 inches. It seems as if, with all our 
anxiety to pass the stream of uncertainty in this science, we 
must give over making the wooden bridges of conjecture, 
and wait till we can accumulate more solid materials. 
Tottenham Green, 
First Month io th, 1822. 
