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 Register of the Barometer and Thermometer in Abyssinia.

Months March 25 Hours. Barometer. Ther. Winds. Remarks on the Weather.

M. 2 1 N, 2 I E.;2I E.2I 4 M.J2I 21 M.  1 E.  E.  M-  N.  E.  E.  M.  N. -VE. 6 E. M. N, E, M,  N, 2 E, 6 21 21 21 21 21 21 M. 21 3.63 4 781 E. 21 4 o 6 3 5 2 5 5  6 s  61 5 5 8  6 A 6 6 6 63 ^ 76 81 71 80 380 s'So i72 161 NJ21 4 6 83 E. 21 5 o 73
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W WNW V W w w s w s WNW NW E W SbE S N W E W W w w v NW w

Clouds to W. and N. W. towards the horizon. White flying clouds throughout all the air. Short claps of thunder, with a small shower of rain for a few minutes at different times. Heavy clouds, with a violent wind. Clouds and lightning, very pale towards the south. All the sky covered with clouds. Violent showers of hail, without any mixture of rain, for 15', the hail as big as a meddling cherry. Thunder, but not loud, and of short duration. Hail and rain, mixed in showers, with short intervals, that may have lasted an hour. Clear. Flying clouds all throughout the air. Ditto. Violent wind in blasts, which lasted for 5 or 6' at a time. All the sky is covered with large heavy clouds, especially at north; thunder, with violent blasts of wind alternately every 8 minutes. Clear till ten o'clock, and the sky obscured with white clouds. Large clouds cover the sky, going violently to the south-west. Large clouds, and the sun covered. Small clouds to the eastward. Clear till nine, when the sky is covered with white clouds. Clouds through all the sky, and the sun covered. All the air is full of small white clouds. Clear. Small white clouds flying throughout the air. Wind varying to north. Clouds towards the horizon. A few clouds in the south towards the horizon. White flying clouds scattered thro' all the air. -- Thermometer exposed to the fun, in half a minute rose to 101°. Clouds as above, but thinner and smaller. -- Thermometer exposed to the sun, in half a minute rose to 113°. Clear.