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SEPTEMBER. INCHES.

9, It rained a fmall fhower at noon ; clouds drive

from eaft to weft; wind north, - .107

10. Saint John's day, no rain, -

11. It rained from noon till five o'clock, wind W.

cold ; clouds drive from eaft and weft, ltl 3S

12. It rained a fmart fhower a little before noon.

Clouds drive from eaft and from weft, .214

13. It rained a fmall fhower a little after noon. Cold

and calm. Clouds drive from eaft and weft, .035

14. It rained fmall rain from noon to three, and hard

from eleven till near midnight, - -344

15. It was fair all yefterday, but rained hard for a few

minutes at feven, and alfo a little before mid- night, from the eaft, - .186

16. No rain to-day, —

1 8. It rained a fmall fhower laft night, and to-day at

noon, - - «°53

19. It rained and hailed violently in the afternoon, 1.096

Total rain in September, 7-338

. The rain totally ceafed the 19th, none having

fallen from this day to the 25th.

Saint John's day is the time obferved for the rains be- ginning to abate.

N. B. At the 5th of October the people were all crying for rain ; the ground all in cracks, and teff in the blade burnt up.

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