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Regifter of the Barometer and Thermometer In Abyffinia.

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Months.

AUG. 13

H

15

i6

17

Hours.

12 N. 2 E,

7tE.

6|M. 12 N.

2 E.

6^E.

6iM,

12 N,

6^E.

12 N.

2 E.

6^E.

6 M.

12 N.

3 E.

18 6 M,

19

20

12 TST,

2 E. 64- E. 6|M. 12 N. 2 E. 6^E. 6 M.

Barometer.

6 6

12 N. 2

Vol. IV.

rher.

69 64

6 3

6 2

64

6 3 <5 2

6 6

6' 6 6 6

6

6

6

6 6 6

6ii

60

60 61^

\V inds.

Remarlcs on the Weather.

57

60 6i-i-

55t 611

C Large cloiuls near the hoiizon, efpecially at north noith-eafl:. The \k.j is oveixaft with tliick clouds and clofely

uruted at fouth. Black clouds, and very low in the horizon. Two cur- rents of v.'ind, the one caft fouth-eafl the other north, which crofs each other. Clouds blowing about the horizon, the zenith clear, '\ A current of clouds from north and fouth, thunder and lightning through all the fky. w varying C Violent rain, it has thunderexl two hours without in- \ terval. Large flying clouds throughout the air. Ditto. . Clouds through all the air, and it begins to rain. Black clouds. Two currents of air come from the N. and S. along the Mountain of the Sun. It has

i thundered and lightned all afternoon, and the light ning runs in fheets upon the earth like water. I The fky overcaft with thick clouds, j Ditto.

( The fky overcaft with clouds, excepting in the foutli, \ welt clear.

Thick clouds throughout the air.

Thin clouds like a veil cover the fky.

Thick black clouds cover the fky, and come from N.

Clouds as above but thickeft at fouth.

Black clouds throughout the air, efpecially at north \ well:.

I Thin clouds cover the air like a veil. t Very thick clouds throughout the air, it rains, clouds C come from north and fouth.

Ditto.

Black clouds all over the air-

W

NW

N

NE ditto. \

in

to N

NNE W N

NNE

ditto.

N

NNE

ditto- ditto- N

N Varying

toKNE

N by E

NE

NW

6 5|^4

6 3,60

6 9|^6t

6 5'6i

NW NNE

ditto.

ditto.

N by E

NNE

ditto.

Small light clouds fiy throiighout the air* Pvain, thunder, and lightning.

Black clouds all over ihc flcy. Ditto.

Flying clouds cover the whole air. N N W '^^'^ begins to rain, clouds very heavy, they come from! 1^ norlh and Ibuth, and meet in the zenith