[ SIO ] 
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. 
Highest, 
Lowest, 
30‘03. 
28-41. 
Barometer.' 
Sept. o. 
— 10 . 
Wind N. E. 
- N.E. 
Greatest # 
variation in ' 
£4 hours. 
The mercury 
^stood at 29‘57 in 
, % the middle of the 
rjdzy on the 22d, 
and at the saine 
hour on the 23d 
it had fallen to 
29-20. 
dredths of 
an inch. 
Highest, 78*^ 
Lowest, 43° 
Greatest 
variation in L 
24 hours. 
Thcrmomefer. 
Sept. 11. Wind N.E. 
Sept. 24. -- 
This variation oc¬ 
curred between the 
27th and 28th instant, 
!the mercury having 
15°. y stood at 63° in the 
[morning of the former 
day, and was down at 
48° on the latter, at 
the same hour. 
The quantity of rain fallen In the course of the month is equal to little more t an 
in height. It is remarkable that from Sunday the 25th of August, to Mon ay t e o o 
Sept, there was, with the exception of a trifling shower or two on the 21st, not a sing e rop 
Of rain. On the 23d the rain for a few minutes was very heavy, and proved extremely use.ui 
to the gardens and to the land in general where it fell. , , r a 
Since Mr. Lofft’s representation of the Comet was printed, we have been favoure 
the follov/ing from another correspondent. 
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No. 5, Buckinaiiam Gate, Lond-on, on all subjects practical and specu¬ 
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We are desired by the author of the account of Pernambuco to state, that since he ^ 
that place, he understands from good authority, that nearly the whole of the agents t n 
resident there are-not so at present j and thoge which ?re there at this time are entiie saan- 
gers to him, ^ 
Errata •— At page 210, cof. 2, zhtxf,u:d, of medium, dele the semicolon. ^ 
At page 222 , col. 2, in tUs P. S. fur Jr.troductir, read Introduftmi and for 
fUem, read ccr.dlih. 
