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METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. 
Observaitons on the State of the. Weather, from the 24th of April to the 24th 
of May, 1808, inclusive, Two Miles N.W. of St. Puut’s. 
Barometer. “ Thermometer. 
Highest 30 24, May i4. Wind W. ‘Higheft 82°. May 16. Wind W. 
Lowest 29.50. May 7. Wind 8. Lowest 35°. May 25and 28. WindS. W.&N.E.: 
a On the itth in ) On the 2ist the 
Greatest ¢ 28-hun- the morning the Greateft 43° thermometer was, ia 
variation in 4 dredths of / mercury stood at | variation | * <\the morning, at 45°, 
4 hours aninch. 29.88, and on the | 24 hours. © and on the 22d, atthe 
12th it was 50.16, ; same hour, it was at 
i 58°, a 
The quantity of rain fallen since the last Report, is equal to 3.114 inches in depth. 
The changes in the density of the atmosphere have been but trifling ; but those in the 
temperature have been more striking, and more noticed, as coming home immediately to our 
feelings. The average temperature has been several degrees h\. ser than it haw been for 
some years in the same month: we shall] put down the medn degrees of heat for May, during 
the last seven years:—In 1802, it was 49° ; in 1803,’ 51°; in 1804, 58°; in 1805, 40°; 
in 1806, 55°; in 1807, 59°; and inthe present month it is as high as 642° The diffe-- 
rence between the temperature of this month, and the same period on former years, is con- 
siderable: but if the comparison be made between the temperature of this month and the 
fast, the change is still more remarkable. In April, the average heat was not quite 42°, 
whereas, as we have seen, for May, it is as high as 64.’7. This, together with the frequent 
mild showers, will amply account for the progress made in vegetation during the last three 
or four weeks. ~ On thirteen days we have had rain5 and there have been twelve very bril- 
Nant days. : 
On Sunday, April 10, fourth hour, there was a cluster of small, but very distinct, spots 
on the sun: extending south westward from below the ©’s centre. ‘They formed an oblique 
line of about 40 or 50” in lengtit, and very narrow, forming a line of about ae of the ©’s 
diameter; or 25,000 miles nearly. ; 
With a power of 100 they were-very,clear: but, not easily, if at all, discernible. with a 
much smaller. Since the appearance of the Comet, search had repeatedly been made for 
solar spots ; but in vain, till this observation. : 
Astronomical Anticipations. 
The moon is full about half past three in the afternoon on the 8th of June; and a little 
before one in the morning on the 24th, it is change, or new moon. ‘The planet Mercuryis 
again an evening star, and may, if the weather permit, be seen very. soon after the setting of 
the sun, every evening from the middle of the month. On the ist, the sum being in the 
eleventh of Gemini, and Mercury in the 16th, they will be too near together for the latter 
to be seen; but on the 14th, the san will have advanced to the 23d, and. Mercury, will then 
bein the 10th of Cancer, the difference being about 17°, the planet may. be easily observed. 
And towards the end of the month, they will be distant from each other the greater part of 
a whole sign, theone being inthe 8th of Cancer, and the other inthe 4th of Leo. Venus 
is a morning star, rising, however, but a short time before the sun; her brilliancy is soon 
overwhelmed by the rays of the great luminary of day. Mars is also a morning star, and.in 
the beginning of the month is nearer the sun than Venus; but on the i4th they cross each 
other, and Venus approaches to, while Mars recedes from, the sun. . Jupiter is likewise te 
be seen in the morning: Saturn may be seen in the evening; and during the whole monthhe . 
is situated well for observation, The clocks are in the beginning of the month 22 after the 
sun: on the 15th they are together, and onthe 30th the clocks are more than three minutes 
éefcre the sun. The longest days in the year ere from the 16th to the 25th inclusive, when 
the sun rises. at seventeen minutes before four o’clock, ‘and sets at seventeen minutes past 
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