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SEPT. INCHES.

13. No rain, - - — —

14. Light fhowers in the clay, - .042

1 5. Frequent fhowers night and day,. 159

16. It rained a little in the night, - .132

18. No rain, - ■

19. Ditto, -

20. Flying fhowers night and day,. - .263

21. No rain, - - — —

22. Ditto, - -

23. Some rain in the night,. - - .039

24. Ditto, - - .026 2.5. The rain ceafed, - - ■

Total rain in September, 2.834

N. B. This is the feftival of the Crofs in Egypt, when the inundation begins to abate. It rains no more in Abyffiniatill towards the beginning of No- vember, and then only for a few days ; but thefe are the rains Abyflinia cannot want for their latter crops, and it was for thefe the Agows prayed when we were at the fountains of the Nil* the 5th of November 1770..

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