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JUNE. t ^ INCHES,

began raining, and rained till five this morning, a few drops ; wind north, - .067

26. It rained fmall rain at feveral times yefterday after-

noon, and a few drops this morning, wind N.

calm ; at ten it came to ibuth and then to weft,. 1 20

27, It rained yefterday afternoon from four to five ;

wind changed from north to weft, but fpeedily returned to north, frefh, - .054

28. SC29. It rained the 27th in the afternoon and in the night, wind at north. Yefterday it rained fmall rain all day till five, and cleared in the night, with wind at north, - - .268

Total rain in June, 6.388

JULY.

1. There fell fmall fhowers the night of the 29th and

of the 30th, - - .093

3. There fell a fmall fhower the fecond in the after-

noon, and laft night hard, - .267

4. It rained fmall rain at noon. From two, and all

night, heavy and conftant rain. It thundered

from noon till three, - - .373

5. It rained all yefterday afternoon, and by intervals,

till nine at night. Small rain this morning; calm ; W. S. W. and S. W.

6. It rained yefterday afternoon and in the night ;

S.W.

N. B. The 6th of July is the firft of the month Hamlie, and of the Egyptian month Abib. It is this day they firft begin to cry the Nile's increafe in the ftreets of Cairo. The night before, or 30th of Senne, is called at Cairo the Eide el Bilhaara, or the eve of good news, becaufe, after having mea- fure:! at the Mikeas, they come and tell at Cairo that to-morrow they begin to count the Nile's ri- fing.

7. It

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