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Regifter of the Barometer and Thermometer in Abyflinla.

Month? MVY 14

15

16

17

JUNE I

Hours.

4tE.

6iE.

4iM.

6 M.

12 N.

2 E.

6|E.

6^M.

12 N.

2 E. 6|E. 6 M.

12 N.

2 E. 6iE.

6 M.

12 N.

2 E-

6iE.

6 M.

12 N.

2 E.

6^E. 6 M

12 N

Barometer. ITher.

21 ID 5 21 10 9

22 2 21 2 I 21 22 22

21

21

O

O

II

I I

I I

21 I I

21 II

22 O

O O O 2

21 116

21117

21 114 211X6

21 6 5 21 3 6

21 3 I

3 8

21 5 8

21 42

21 3 8

21 40

77

73 i

62^: 641

75

76i

74t

63

76

77

73t

62

74

74i 70-;

^^3 69

68

65

63i 671

68^ 671

Winds.

Remarks on the Weather.

N N \V Flying fhoAvers for ten minutes, the fun clear. ■»^ -p C Thick black clouds, thunder at fouth-eaft and vio-

^ lent lightning. S E A large thick cloud at weft, all the reft clear, ditto Ditto.

N W Great clouds flying to north and eaft, zenith clear, ditto, j White clouds towards the horizon, zenith clear. N E I One fingle cloud covers the whole fky equally, ditto I Clear, only a very few white clouds at the horizon, ditto, j Clear, only a few white clouds at weft. SSE vary- (Large clouds at N. N. W. all the heavens covered as inHtoSw^ with a veil, wind changing to N. N. W.

N A great cloud covers the zenith. E N E United clouds cover the whole air. ditto. Clear- Thick clouds to the north-weft, and thunder from WNW-i the fame quarter, and the other part of the Iky, [ clouds flying againft the wind. N E j All the fky is covered with clouds, it threatens rain ' All the fky is covered with black clouds, it lightens alfo, and threatens rain.

N NW:

5 8;^^

21 4 468

2 E. 21 40 67^

w

N NNW

N

N N

NNE

N SW

NNE N

cThe weft is all full of heavy clouds, which reaches

} from the horizon to the zenith.

j It begins to rain heavily, and large drops-

CAll the air covered with thick clouds, efpecially at

(^ the fouth and weft-

[ Between this and the laft obfei-vation three or four

< fmall iliowers, and the whole fky covered with

[ thick clouds.

f Flying clouds through the whole air efpecially at

i north and north-weft-

Flying clouds through the air.

Ditto ; all this afternoon have fallen fmall

Ihowers, which lafted for live or fix minutes at a time.

The fky at prefent is all clouded. ^All the air is covered with thick clouds, at the E, (^ and N. E- the air a little thinner. CAll the air covered as above with thick clouds, and I the fun not leen- jScatfered clouds through all the fky.