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Register of the Barometer and Thermometer in Abyssinia.

Months JAN. Hours. Barometer. Ther. ° 1 winds. Remarks on th.; Weather

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M.'22 


N Clear. I2N. 2 2

,67 S Ditto.

£. 22 

o64t N Ditto.

M.;2 2 
3i 

t N Mifty in the eaft, and calm. I2N.j22


-^ NE Clear and a light breeze.

E.I22 



N A few clouds at N. and E. but vei*y thin.

M.! 




NW Clear, with a very few thin clouds near the horizon. I2N.


i 

S ' -A fmall breeze, with thin white clouds throughout [ the fh.y.

E. 




NNE lO

M. 
2 



N A few clouds at the horizon at N- E- I2N.



wsw Clear.

E. 



NbyW Calm and clear- II

^'i 




NE Calm, and a little hazy in the eaft. I2N.



SW Clear and a light breeze-

E. 




N Light clouds to the fouth, everywhere is clear-

M. 




NNE Clear and cahn- I2N.

2 

I

ESE ( Clear, but the wind variable from E- to E- S- E- and S- E-

E. 




SbE A brills wind and clear.

M. 
2 



N Clear weather. I2N.



SW Ditto.

E. 


I

NE Ditto- The Obfervations that follow, made while pafTmg the high Mountain of Lamalmon- FEB.

M. 



NW t (

Star-light and clear — We are at Taguzait, the foot

[ of the Mountain of Lamalmon-

M. 




^ , C Hoar cold, clear ftar-light- We are at the top of ( the Mountain. I2N.



NW Frefli breeze- No dew fell laft night on Lamalmon-

E. 

^9


N Hazy in the horizon- H

M. 



WNW Near calm, hoar-froft, never before feen- I2N.



ditto A cool breeze, and white flying clouds-

E. 


^4 NW A fmall breeze, perfedlly clear, and v.-ithout clouds. GONDAR.

-5-M.



N Heavy clouds all over the fky. I2N. 2 1


SE Ditto.