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REGISTER

O F THE

QUANTITY OF RAIN-WATER,

IN INCHES AND DECIMALS,

WHICH FELL AT GONDAR, IN ABYSSINIA, IN THE YEAR I770, THROUGH A FUNNEL OF ONE FOOT ENGLISH IN DIAMETER.

The rain began this year on the firft of March : there fell! inches. in fhowers, that la'fted only a few minutes, between the > 1 ft of March and the laft of April, - J .039

MAY.

1. T^ROM the 1 ft to the 6th, - - .039

Ji From the 6th to the 8th, - - .120

From the 10th to the 12th it rained chiefly in the night, .71 r

From the 12th to the 14th, - - - -i 2 3

19. At four in the afternoon a fmall fhower, but heavy rain

in the night, - -5 2 ^ 21. At 7 o'clock in the evening a fmall fhower, which con- tinued moderately through tl'e night, - .17* 27. At" 6 in the evening heavy rain for an hour, - .540 Vol. III. 5 B 2 9- At