Chapter III: {xi}48 (9)

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Day | MORNING | MID-DAY | EVENING | |
of +-----+-----------+-----+-----------+-----+-----------+Mean |
Month|Temp.| Wind |Temp.| Wind |Temp.| Wind |Temp.|
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1 | 16 | N.W. | 22 | N.W. | 20 | N.W. | 19 |
2 | 13 | N.W. | 24 | N.W. | 18 | N.W. | 18 |
3 | 4 | S.E. | 35 | S.E. | 28 | N.W. | 22 |
4 | 13 | N.E. | 31 | N.W. | 21 | N.W. | 21 |
5 | 0 | S.E. | 24 | S.E. | 19 | S.E. | 14 |
6 | 20 | S.E. | 32 | S.E. | 28 | S.E. | 26 |
7 | 16 | N.W. | 40 | Calm | 35 | N.W. | 30 |
8 | 24 | N.W. | 32 | N.N.E. | 27 | N.W. | 27 |
9 | 7 | N.N.W. | 14 | N.W. | 14 | N.W. | 11 |
10 | -8 | N.W. | 3 | N.W. | -3 | N.W. | -3 |
11 | -16 | N.W. | -2 | N.W. | -3 | N.W. | -7 |
12 | 7 | S.E. | 32 | S.E. | 36 | N.W. | 25 |
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13 | 10 | N.W. | 17 | N.W. | 13 | N.W. | 13 |
14 | 2 | N.W. | 21 | N.W. | -1 | N.W. | 8 |
15 | -14 | N.W. | -5 | N. | -5 | N. | -8 |
16 | -9 | N.W. | 4 | N.W. | 1 | N.W. | -1 |
17 | -9 | S.E. | 11 | S.E. | 11 | Sy. | -4 |
18 | -13 | N.W. | 9 | N.W. | 1 | N.W. | -1 |
19 | 1 | N.N.E. |9½ | N.E. | 2 | N.W. | 4 |
20 | -5 | S.E. | 9 | S.E. | 11 | S.E. | -5 |
21 | 10 | N.W. | 13 | N.W. | 1 | N.W. | 8 |
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22 | -15 | N.W. | 11 | N.W. | -8 | N.W. | -4 |
23 | -9 | S.E. | 11 | S.E. | 12 | S.E. | 5 |
24 | 19 | N.W. | 34 | N.W. | 19 | N.W. | 20 |
25 | -5 | S.E. | 23 | S.E. | 23 | S.E. | 13 |
26 | 26 | N.W. | 33 | N.W. | 21 | N.W. | 26 |
27 | 19 | N.W. | 23 | N.W. | 4 | N.W. | 15 |
28 | -15 | S.E. | 9 | S.E. | 5 | S.E. | 0 |
29 | 6 | S.E. | 12 | N.W. | -3 | N.W. | 5 |
30 | -26 | S.E. | -2 | S.E. | 0 | N.W. | -9 |
31 | -2 | N.W. | -3 | N.W. | -11 | N.W. | -5 |
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| Mean | | BAROMETER |
| Temp. | +-----------------------+
Day | at | | |
of |German-| +-------+-------+-------+
Month| town | REMARKS |Morning| Noon |Evening|
-----+-------+------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+
1 | 12 |Little snow fell to-day | 28.58 | 28.77 | 28.87 |
2 | 21 | | 29.00 | 28.91 | 29.00 |
3 | -- |Mild and fair | 28.98 | 28.76 | 28.87 |
4 | 26 | | 29.04 | 28.97 | 29.03 |
5 | 25 |Fresh winds | 29.19 | 29.02 | 29.04 |
6 | 18 |A little snow at evening | 28.88 | 28.74 | 28.66 |
7 | 23 |Thawing | 28.60 | 28.44 | 28.57 |
8 | 35 |Snow in flakes at evening | 28.80 | 28.74 | 28.85 |
9 | 35 |Windy. Snow ½ inch last night | 29.14 | 29.04 | 29.10 |
10 | 27 |Windy. Slight snow last night | 29.15 | 29.12 | 29.21 |
11 | 29 |Moderate wind | 29.48 | 29.27 | 29.21 |
12 | 22 |Strong wind, A.M. Little rain and | 28.63 | 28.58 | 28.62 |
| |snow, P.M. | | | |
13 | 17 |Snow, P.M. | 28.77 | 28.75 | 28.78 |
14 | 26 |Fresh wd. Snow 6 inches last night | 28.97 | 28.97 | 29.13 |
15 | 31 |Fresh wind | 29.40 | 29.40 | 29.40 |
16 | 25 | | 29.22 | 28.98 | 28.96 |
17 | 35 |Snow ¼ inch at night | 28.82 | 28.76 | 28.86 |
18 | 25 |Light wind | 29.06 | 28.93 | 28.90 |
19 | 27 |Snow 1 inch last night | 28.83 | 28.83 | 28.86 |
20 | 22 |Windy. Snow storm from 9 A.M. | 28.70 | 28.59 | 28.60 |
21 | 25 |Snow till 3 P.M. Snow 5 inches on | 28.85 | 28.99 | 29.15 |
| |19th & 20th | | | |
22 | 33 |Light winds | 29.33 | 29.27 | 29.26 |
23 | 29 |Windy. Thermom. at 17°, P.M. | 29.05 | 28.95 | 28.96 |
24 | 20 | | 29.19 | 29.15 | 29.19 |
25 | 30 |Windy | 29.08 | 28.95 | 28.84 |
26 | 23 |Snow last night 4½ inches | 28.42 | 28.42 | 28.61 |
27 | 32 |Light breezes. Snow | 28.78 | 28.85 | 28.96 |
28 | 36 |Windy | 28.90 | 28.77 | 28.80 |
29 | 21 |Windy. A lit. snow, A.M. | 28.75 | 28.71 | 28.95 |
30 | 32 | | 29.07 | 28.95 | 28.93 |
31 | 30 |Windy, A.M. | 29.30 | 29.38 | 29.41 |
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| MODIFICATIONS AND COURSES OF CLOUDS
+-----------------------+-----------------------+----------------------
Day | Morning | Mid-Day | Evening
of +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------
Month| Clouds | Courses | Clouds | Courses | Clouds | Courses
-----+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------
1 | Ns. | -- | Ns. | -- | Cs. | --
2 | Ns, | -- | C, | N.W. | Cs, | --
3 | C, | N.W. | C, | N.W. | Fair | --
4 | Cs. | -- | Cs. | -- | C, | W.
5 | C, | N.W. | Fair | -- | Fair | --
6 | Cs. | N. | Ns. | -- | Ns. | --
7 | Cs, | -- | C, | -- | Cs, | --
8 | Cs. | -- | Ns. | N.E. | Ns. | --
9 | Ns. | -- | Ns. | -- | Ns. | --
10 | Fair | -- | Fair | -- | Fair | --
11 | Fair | -- | Fair | -- | Fair | --
12 | Ns. | W.N.W. | Ns. | -- | Ns. | --
| | | | | |
13 | Ns | N.W. | Ns. | -- | Ns. | --
14 | Ns. | -- | Ns. | -- | C, | --
15 | Ns. | -- | Ns. | -- | Ns. | --
16 | Ns. | -- | Cml. | -- | -- | --
17 | Cs, | -- | Ns. | -- | Ns. | --
18 | Fair | -- | Fair | -- | Hazy | --
19 | Ns. | -- | Ns. | -- | Cs. | --
20 | Ns. | -- | Ns. | -- | Ns. | --
21 | Ns. | -- | Ns. | -- | Cml, | --
| | | | | |
22 | Fair | -- | Fair | -- | Fair | --
23 | Cs, | W.N.W. | Cml, | -- | Cs, | W.N.W.
24 | Cs. | -- | Cs. | -- | Cs. | W.
25 | Ns. | S.W. | Cml, | S.S.W. | Cml, | S.S.W.
26 | Ns. | -- | Cs. | -- | Cs. | --
27 | Ns. | -- | Ns. | -- | Cs, | --
28 | C, | S.W. | C, | S.W. | Cs, | --
29 | Cml, | S.E. | Cs, | N. | Cs, | --
30 | C, | -- | C, | -- | Cs, | --
31 | Cs, | W.N.W. | Cs. | -- | Cs. | --
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_Remarkable Phenomena._--January 18th. This morning a parhelion appeared around the sun as he rose, consisting of a mock sun, or image of the sun on each side of him in a horizontal line. From the image northward of the sun there issued a cone of light, the vertex of which was directed from the sun. There was no halo, and the mock suns were not well defined by any outline, though the morning was fair, and the sun shone bright. At eight o'clock the distance of the mock suns from each other, measured by a sextant, was found to be 44° 40´. At half past eight they had assumed the appearance of extended planes perpendicular to the horizon, and about 5° or 6° in length; breadth a little more than sun's diameter; soon after which they disappeared. N. B. See _Remarkable Phenomena_ continued, on page lxviii [our page 288], at the conclusion of the _Meteorological Register_.

{xlviii} _Meteorological Register_ {lxi} _for the Month of_ FEBRUARY, 1820

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Day | MORNING | MID-DAY | EVENING | |
of +-----+-----------+-----+-----------+-----+-----------+Mean |
Month|Temp.| Wind |Temp.| Wind |Temp.| Wind |Temp.|
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1 | -12 | S.E. | -3 | S.E. | -3 | S.E. | -6 |
2 | 0 | N.W. | 7 | N.W. | -2 | N.W. | 2 |
3 | -5 | S.E. | 13 | S.E. | 20 | S.E. | 9 |
4 | 4 | S.E. | 30 | S.E. | 33 | S.E. | 22 |
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5 | 39 | S.E. | 45 | S.E. | 19 | N.W. | 34 |
6 | 7 | S.E. | 35 | S.E. | 29 | S.E. | 23 |
7 | 4 | S.E. | 33 | S.E. | 34 | S.E. | 23 |
8 | 21 | N.W. | 33 | N.E. | 31 | N.W. | 28 |
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9 | 23 | S.E. | 41 | S.E. | 31 | S.E. | 31 |
10 | 12 | S.E. | 31 | S.E. | 38 | S.E. | 27 |
11 | 31 | S.E. | 44 | W.N.W. | 34 | N.N.W. | 36 |
12 | 26 | N.W. | 35 | S.E. | 31 | S.E. | 30 |
13 | 33 | S.E. | 46 | S.E. | | S.E. | |
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14 | 34 | N.W. | 35 | N.W. | 37 | N.W. | 35 |
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15 | 33 | S.E. | 39 | S.E. | 44 | S.E. | 38 |
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16 | 32 | N.W. | 33 | N.W. | 29 | N.W. | 34 |
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17 | 20 | N.W. | 34 | S.E. | 31 | S.E. | 28 |
18 | 27 | S.E. | 30 | S.E. | 30 | S.E. | 29 |
19 | 26 | N.W. | 23 | N.W. | 25 | N.W. | 24 |
20 | 20 | N.W. | 34 | N.W. | 30 | N.W. | 28 |
21 | 33 | S.E. | 51 | S.E. | 47 | S.E. | 43 |
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22 | 35 | N.W. | 45 | S.E. | 37 | S.E. | 39 |
23 | 33 | N.W. | 47 | N.W. | 38 | N.W. | 39 |
24 | 30 | S.E. | 54 | S.E. | 39 | N.W. | 41 |
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25 | 33 | N.W. | 44 | N.W. | 35 | N.W. | 37 |
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26 | 25 | N.W. | 39 | N.W. | 35 | N.W. | 33 |
27 | 21 | N.W. | 44 | N.W. | 40 | N.W. | 35 |
28 | 34 | Calm | 57 | S.E. | 49 | W.N.W. | 46 |
29 | 22 | N.W. | 60 | S.E. | 55 | W.N.W. | 45 |
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| Mean | | BAROMETER |
| Temp. | +-----------------------+
Day | at | | |
of |German-| +-------+-------+-------+
Month| town | REMARKS |Morning| Noon |Evening|
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1 | 8 |A little snow, A.M. and windy | 29.06 | 28.87 | 28.81 |
2 | 21 |Fresh winds | 28.80 | 28.77 | 28.88 |
3 | 33 |Windy | 28.85 | 28.69 | 28.67 |
4 | 28 |Windy. Thermom. 34°, P.M. Snow | 28.84 | 28.65 | 28.60 |
| |melting | | | |
5 | 24 |Thawing at noon | 28.32 | 28.22 | 28.72 |
6 | 40 |Fresh wind. Thawing | 29.00 | 28.87 | 28.72 |
7 | 32 |Damp & foggy. Light winds. | 28.95 | 28.76 | 28.83 |
8 | 35 |Damp and foggy. Icy particles | 28.75 | 28.60 | 28.69 |
| |falling all day | | | |
9 | 31 |Snow and ice melting | 28.86 | 28.83 | 28.79 |
10 | 22 |Snow and ice melting | 28.84 | 28.58 | 28.66 |
11 | 31 |Snow and ice melting | 28.60 | 28.33 | 28.50 |
12 | 33 |Little rain and snow | 28.80 | 28.50 | 28.60 |
13 | 49 |Rain & hail last night. Windy and | 28.33 | 28.16 | |
| |warm to-day | | | |
14 | 42 |Violent wind all day with a little | 28.24 | 28.26 | 28.33 |
| |snow | | | |
15 | 51 |Snow chiefly melted A little snow | 28.24 | 28.00 | 27.80 |
| |fell | | | |
16 | 41 |Violent wind last night & to-day, | 27.96 | 28.21 | 28.43 |
| |with some snow | | | |
17 | 49 |Moderate winds | 28.76 | 28.55 | 28.66 |
18 | 38 |Windy | 28.86 | 28.73 | 28.55 |
19 | 29 |Violent wind last nt. | 28.44 | 28.69 | 28.89 |
20 | 37 |Moderate wind | 28.96 | 28.86 | 28.87 |
21 | 32 |Thermometer at 55° Ice rapidly | 28.74 | 28.50 | 28.42 |
| |melting | | | |
22 | 39 |Fresh brs. Ice melting | 28.53 | 28.47 | 28.49 |
23 | 44 |Windy and squally Geese flying north| 28.16 | 28.19 | 28.40 |
24 | 53 |Light breezes. Geese passing | 28.30 | 28.07 | 28.08 |
| |northwardly | | | |
25 | 45 |Light breezes. Ducks passing down | 28.11 | 27.96 | 28.05 |
| |river | | | |
26 | 48 |Snow last night ⅛th inch | 28.21 | 28.25 | 28.38 |
27 | 51 |Frost last night | 28.67 | 28.58 | 28.63 |
28 | 41 |Frost last night | 28.87 | 28.73 | 28.73 |
29 | 32 |Frost abundant. River begins to open| 28.90 | 28.65 | 28.57 |
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=====+======================================================================
| MODIFICATIONS AND COURSES OF CLOUDS
+-----------------------+-----------------------+----------------------
Day | Morning | Mid-Day | Evening
of +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------
Month| Clouds | Courses | Clouds | Courses | Clouds | Courses
-----+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------
1 | Ns. | -- | Cs, | -- | Cs. | --
2 | Cs. | -- | Cml, | -- | Fair | --
3 | C, | N.W. | Cs, | -- | Cs, | --
4 | C, | N.W. | C, | W.N.W. | C, | W.N.W.
| | | | | |
5 | Cs, | W. | Cs, | -- | Cml, | --
6 | Cs, | -- | Cs. | -- | Cml, | W.S.W.
7 | C, | -- | Fair | -- | C, | --
8 | Ns. S. | -- | Ns. | -- | Ns. | --
| | | | | |
9 | Ns. | -- | Ns. | -- | Ns. | --
10 | C, | -- | C, | N.W. | Fair | --
11 | C, | -- | C, | -- | C, | --
12 | Cs. | -- | Fair | -- | C, | --
13 | Cs, | -- | C, | -- | C, | --
| | | | | |
14 | Cs, | -- | Ns. | -- | Ns. | --
| | | | | |
15 | Cs, Cml, | SSW, SSE | Ns. | S.S.E. | Cm, | --
| | | | | |
16 | Ns. | N.N.W. | Ns. | -- | Cs, | --
| | | | | |
17 | Fair | -- | C, | -- | C, | --
18 | Cs. | N.N.W. | Cs, | -- | Cs. | --
19 | Ns. | -- | Cml, | N.N.W. | C, | --
20 | Fair | -- | Fair | -- | Fair | --
21 | Fair | -- | Fair | -- | Fair | --
| | | | | |
22 | C, | -- | C, | N.W. | C, | N.W.
23 | Cs, | -- | Cms, | -- | Fair | --
24 | Cs. | W.N.W. | Cs. | W.N.W. | C, Cs, | --
| | | | | |
25 | Cs, | -- | Cs, Cml, | S.W., N.W.| Ns, | --
| | | | | |
26 | Ns, | N.W. | Cs, Cml, | W., NNW. | Cs, | --
27 | C, | -- | Cs, | -- | C, | --
28 | Fair | -- | C, | -- | Fair | --
29 | Fair | -- | Fair | -- | Fair | --
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_Remarkable Phenomena._--15th, Lightning in N.E. this evening between 7 and 8 o'clock--clear sky--fresh S.E. wind. During the violent wind to-day the rain gauge was blown from its station and broken.

22d.--Halo around the moon this evening at 40´ past 6--ascertained its diameter to be 45° 8´. Cirrus cloud all over the sky.

23d.--Halo around the moon this evening also.

{lxii} _Meteorological Register_ {lxiii} _for the Month of_ MARCH, 1820

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Day | MORNING | MID-DAY | EVENING | | at |
of +-----+-----------+-----+-----------+-----+-----------+Mean |German-+
Month|Temp.| Wind |Temp.| Wind |Temp.| Wind |Temp.| town |
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1 | 20 | N.W. | 32 | N.W. | 21 | N.W. | 24 | 40 |
2 | 16 | N.W. | 26 | S.E. | 26 | Calm | 22 | 24 |
| | | | | | | | |
3 | 21 | N.W. | 28 | N.W. | 24 | N.W. | 24 | 24 |
4 | 32 | S.W. | 50 | S.E. | 48 | N.W. | 43 | 31 |
5 | 30 | N.W. | 28 | N.W. | 25 | N.W. | 27 | 41 |
6 | 5 | N.W. | 13 | N.W. | 9 | N.W. | 9 | 44 |
7 | 6 | N.W. | 15 | N.W. | 14 | N.W. | 11 | 26 |
8 | 15 | N.W. | 16 | N.N.E. | 12 | N.W. | 14 | 28 |
9 | 24 | N.W. | 23 | E.S.E. | 24 | S.E. | 23 | 31 |
10 | 20 | Calm | 35 | S.E. | 34 | S.E. | 29 | 33 |
| | | | | | | | |
11 | 28 | S.E. | 23 | S.E. | 25 | S.E. | 25 | 27 |
12 | 31 | S.E. | 42 | S.E. | 37 | S.E. | 36 | 27 |
13 | 32 | N.W. | 46 | N.W. | 40 | N.W. | 39 | 34 |
14 | 19 | N.W. | 33 | N.W. | 32 | Calm | 28 | 46 |
15 | 22 | N.W. | 39 | N.W. | 34 | N.W. | 31 | 36 |
16 | 21 | S.E. | 51 | N.W. | 43 | N.W. | 38 | 40 |
17 | 24 | N.W. | 45 | N.W. | 36 | Calm | 35 | 43 |
18 | 34 | S.E. | 61 | S.E. | 58 | S.E. | 51 | 40 |
| | | | | | | | |
19 | 39 | N.W. | 48 | N.W. | 41 | N.W. | 42 | 39 |
20 | 25 | Calm | 48 | N.W. | 41 | Calm | 38 | 44 |
21 | 25 | Calm | 58 | N.W. | 49 | N.W. | 44 | 42 |
22 | 34 | Calm | 67 | N.W. | 58 | N.W. | 53 | 43 |
23 | 38 | S.E. | 65 | S.E. | 68 | S.E. | 57 | 48 |
24 | 55 | S.E. | 65 | S. | 53 | S. | 57 | 54 |
| | | | | | | | |
25 | 38 | N.W. | 51 | N.W. | 46 | N.W. | 45 | 56 |
26 | 38 | N.W. | 40 | N.W. | 42 | N.W. | 40 | 57 |
| | | | | | | | |
27 | 29 | Calm | 56 | S.E. | 45 | S.E. | 43 | 57 |
28 | 39 | S.E. | 45 | E. | 38 | N.E. | 40 | 50 |
29 | 28 | N.W. | 34 | N. | 32 | N.E. | 31 | 51 |
30 | 28 | S.E. | 56 | S.E. | 52 | S. | 45 | 34 |
31 | 35 | Calm | 57 | N.E. | 40 | N.E. | 44 | 34 |
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=====+========+====================================+=======================+
|Rise or | | |
|fall of | | |
|Missouri| | BAROMETER |
|in last | +-----------------------+
Day |24 hours| | |
of +--------+ +-------+-------+-------+
Month| Inc. | REMARKS |Morning| Noon |Evening|
-----+--------+------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+
1 | -12 |Violent winds | 29.27 | 29.27 | 29.50 |
2 | + 1 |Frost last night. Icy particles | 29.42 | 29.10 | 29.00 |
| |falling in the morning | | | |
3 | + 5½ |Strong wind. A little snow | 28.90 | 28.90 | 28.94 |
4 | + 5 |Frost last night. Fresh wind | 28.67 | 28.84 | 28.84 |
5 | - 2 |Very clear sky all day | 28.88 | 28.75 | 28.86 |
6 | + 2½ |Snow ¾ inch last night | 29.14 | 29.04 | 29.12 |
7 | +27½ |Frost last night | 29.16 | 29.10 | 29.16 |
8 | +20 |Frost last night | 29.32 | 29.18 | 29.20 |
9 | + 4 |Frost last night | 29.14 | 28.96 | 28.98 |
10 | - 5 |Fresh wind. No geese, few ducks | 29.20 | 29.18 | 29.18 |
| |flying | | | |
11 | - 1½ |Violent winds. Snow ¾ inch | 29.20 | 29.14 | 29.00 |
12 | + 7 |Moderate winds | 28.95 | 28.80 | 28.74 |
13 | + ½ |Rain last night | 28.74 | 28.62 | 28.55 |
14 | - 6 |Frost last nt. Riv. break. up | 28.76 | 28.67 | 28.67 |
15 | - 5 |Frost last night | 28.89 | 28.81 | 28.84 |
16 | - 3 |Do. Moderate winds | 28.94 | 28.72 | 28.77 |
17 | - 3¼ |Do. Light and var. winds | 29.05 | 28.90 | 28.90 |
18 | -14¼ |River open. Geese, swans, ducks, | 28.82 | 28.60 | 28.50 |
| |&c. flying up | | | |
19 | - 1½ |A little rain, A.M. | 28.75 | 28.75 | 28.88 |
20 | - 1½ |A little rain, P.M. | 29.10 | 28.90 | 28.83 |
21 | + 5 |Frost. Geese, &c. flying Nly. | 28.88 | 28.74 | 28.48 |
22 | +10 |Moderate wind | 28.38 | 28.25 | 28.49 |
23 | +42 |Violent wind all day | 28.58 | 28.26 | 28.20 |
24 | +40 |High wind, A.M. Showers P.M. Light | 28.30 | 28.30 | 28.40 |
| |in N.E. even. | | | |
25 | +10 |Drizzly, A.M. | 28.62 | 28.52 | 28.50 |
26 | -12 |Heavy rain till 7 A.M. Some rain | 28.31 | 28.37 | 28.60 |
| |and snow afterwards | | | |
27 | +10 |Frost last nt. A lit. rain P.M. | 28.90 | 28.90 | 28.90 |
28 | - 4½ |Rain occas. through the day | 28.87 | 28.91 | 29.02 |
29 | - 6 |Fresh winds | 29.27 | 29.30 | 29.28 |
30 | - 2 |Heavy frost last night | 29.03 | 28.89 | 28.72 |
31 | + 6 |Windy P.M. and all night | 28.53 | 28.60 | 28.34 |
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|
|
| MODIFICATIONS AND COURSES OF CLOUDS
+-----------------------+-----------------------+---------------------
Day | Morning | Mid-Day | Evening
of +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+---------
Month| Clouds | Courses | Clouds | Courses | Clouds | Courses
-----+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+---------
1 | Fair | -- | Fair | -- | Fair | --
2 | C, | N.W. | Cs, | -- | C, | --
| | | | | |
3 | Ns, | N.N.E. | Cml, | N.N.E. | Cml, | --
4 | C, | -- | C, | -- | Cs, | --
5 | Fair | -- | C, | N.W. | Cs, | N.
6 | Cs. | -- | Cml, | N.E. | C, | --
7 | Fair | -- | Fair | -- | Fair | --
8 | Fair | -- | Fair | -- | Fair | --
9 | Fair | -- | Fair | -- | Cs, | --
10 | Cs, | S.E. | Ns. | -- | Ns. | --
| | | | | |
11 | Ns | -- | Ns. | -- | Ns. | --
12 | Ns. S | -- | Ns. | -- | Ns. | --
13 | Ns. S | -- | Cs, | -- | Ns, | --
14 | Cml, | N.N.W. | Cml, | N.N.W. | Cml, |N.N.W.
15 | Cs. | W.N.W. | Cs. | W.N.W. | Cs, |W.N.W.
16 | Fair | -- | Cml, | -- | Cml, | --
17 | Cs | N.N.W. | Cs, | N.N.W. | Cs, | --
18 | Fair | -- | C, | -- | Cs, | --
| | | | | |
19 | Ns. | -- | Ns. | -- | Cml, | W.
20 | Fair | -- | Cml. | N. | Cml, | N.
21 | Fair | -- | C, | -- | C, | --
22 | C, | N.W. | C, | W. | Cml, | --
23 | Cs. | -- | Cs. | S.E. | Cs, | W.
24 | Cs, | S.W. | Ns. | -- | Cml, | --
| | | | | |
25 | Ns. | -- | Ns. | -- | Cs, | S.
26 | Ns. | -- | Ns. | -- | Cml, | --
| | | | | |
27 | Cs, | -- | Cs. | -- | Cs. | --
28 | Cml, | -- | Ns, | E. | Cs. | --
29 | Cml, | N.W. | Cml, | -- | Cml, | --
30 | C, | N.W. | Fair | -- | Cml, | W.
31 | Fair | -- | C, Cs, | -- | Cs. | --
-----+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+---------

_Remarkable Phenomena._--Halo around the moon on the evening of the 21st.--Continued several hours. Same on the evening of the 23d, from 7 till 11 o'clock.

The ice on the Missouri broke and commenced moving on the 29th February; but a few days after it blocked up and continued stationary until the 14th of the present month, when it began to move again; and on the 18th it was entirely open and clear of ice. In this register an extra column is added, containing the daily rise or fall of the river. The sign--denotes the fall of the water during the last twenty-four hours, and the sign + denotes its rise during the same length of time. When the register was commenced the river was three feet above the low-water mark, or its lowest stage in the winter. Therefore on the 25th, when it was highest this month, it was thirteen feet five inches above its lowest stage in the winter.

{lxiv} _Meteorological Register_ {lxv} _for the Month of_ APRIL, 1820

=====+=================+=================+=================+=====+=======+
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | Mean |
| | | | | Temp. |
Day | MORNING | MID-DAY | EVENING | | at |
of +-----+-----------+-----+-----------+-----+-----------+Mean |German-+
Month|Temp.| Wind |Temp.| Wind |Temp.| Wind |Temp.| town |
-----+-----+-----------+-----+-----------+-----+-----------+-----+-------+
1 | 29 | N.N.E. | 28 | N.W. | 20 | N.W. | 25 | 52 |
2 | 15 | N.N.E. | 38 | N.W. | 27 | N.W. | 24 | 32 |
3 | 14 | Calm | 41 | S.E. | 46 | E. | 33 | -- |
4 | 40 | W.N.W. | 64 | N.W. | 51 | N.W. | 51 | -- |
5 | 29 | N.W. | 59 | N.W. | 49 | Calm | 45 | -- |
6 | 41 | S.E. | 65 | N.W. | 55 | N.W. | 53 | -- |
| | | | | | | | |
7 | 41 | N.W. | 65 | N.W. | 52 | N.W. | 52 | 44 |
| | | | | | | | |
8 | 32 | Calm | 57 | N.W. | 47 | N.W. | 45 | 46 |
9 | 40 | S.E. | 76 | S.E. | 70 | S.E. | 62 | 47 |
10 | 50 | S. | 79 | S. | 69 | N.W. | 66 | 57 |
11 | 49 | N.W. | 69 | N.W. | 59 | N.W. | 59 | -- |
12 | 35 | S.E. | 65 | S.E. | 64 | Calm | 54 | 56 |
13 | 48 | S.E. | 80 | S.E. | 72 | S.E. | 66 | 52 |
14 | 50 | S.E. | 68 | S.E. | 70 | Calm | 62 | 54 |
15 | 51 | S.E. | 71 | S.E. | 72 | S.E. | 64 | 55 |
16 | 49 | S.E. | 62 | S.E. | 64 | S.E. | 58 | 49 |
17 | 50 | S.E. | 66 | S.E. | 79 | S.E. | 65 | |
18 | 53 | S.E. | 82 | S.E. | 82 | S. | 72 | |
19 | 63 | S. | 79 | S.E. | | | | |
20 | 59 | S. | 65 | S.E. | 62 | Calm | 62 | |
21 | 54 | S.E. | 71 | N.W. | 74 | N.W. | 66 | |
22 | 55 | N.W. | 76 | S.E. | 70 | N.W. | 67 | |
23 | 58 | S.E. | 84 | S.E. | 83 | S.E. | 75 | |
24 | 65 | S.E. | 79 | S.E. | 80 | E.S.E. | 74 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
25 | 50 | N.W. | 52 | N.W. | 57 | N.W. | 53 | |
26 | 42 | N.W. | 63 | N.W. | 67 | N.W. | 57 | |
27 | 49 | N.W. | 67 | E.N.E. | 69 | E. | 61 | |
28 | 53 | S.E. | 59 | S.E. | 64 | S.E. | 58 | |
29 | 53 | S.E. | 65 | E.S.E. | 67 | E.S.E. | 61 | |
30 | 56 | S.E. | 68 | E. | 70 | E.S.E. | 64 | |
-----+-----+-----------+-----+-----------+-----+-----------+-----+-------+

=====+========+====================================+=======================+
|Rise or | | |
|fall of | | |
|Missouri| | BAROMETER |
|in last | +-----------------------+
Day |24 hours| | |
of +--------+ +-------+-------+-------+
Month| Inc. | REMARKS |Morning| Noon |Evening|
-----+--------+------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+
1 | + 5 |A light snow fell to-day | 29.00 | 29.03 | 29.10 |
2 | - 7 |Geese, &c. flying S. to-day | 29.16 | 29.08 | 29.10 |
3 | - 3 |Large frost last night | 29.08 | 28.90 | 28.70 |
4 | + 12 |Strong wind | 28.30 | 28.38 | 28.56 |
5 | + 22 |Strong wind | 28.56 | 28.70 | 28.80 |
6 | + 5 |Very windy. Large hail fell before | 28.60 | 28.30 | 28.40 |
| |sunrise | | | |
7 | - 9 |Windy. Light sprinkle of rain this | 28.45 | 28.56 | 28.73 |
| |afternoon | | | |
8 | 0 |Strong wind | 28.94 | 28.75 | 28.84 |
9 | 0 |Windy | 28.66 | 28.36 | 28.10 |
10 | + 28 |Geese flying N. Strong wind | 28.00 | 27.44 | 27.50 |
11 | + 12 |Strong wind | 28.32 | 28.32 | 28.39 |
12 | + 14 |Very strong wind | 28.48 | 27.94 | 28.35 |
13 | - 12 |Lt. in N. and N.W. Windy | 28.30 | 28.00 | 28.00 |
14 | - 16 |Rain and thunder in aftern. | 28.25 | 28.05 | 27.90 |
15 | - 7½ |Fresh wind. Lightn. in N. W | 28.20 | 28.10 | 28.10 |
16 | - 4 |Rainy | 28.40 | 28.25 | 28.20 |
17 | - 4½ |Lightning last night | 28.23 | 28.05 | 27.96 |
18 | - 5½ |Fresh wind | 28.03 | 27.60 | 27.72 |
19 | - 3 |Strong wind | 27.40 | 27.40 | |
20 | - 2½ |Strong wind | 28.30 | 28.30 | 28.33 |
21 | - 3 |Fresh breeze | 28.40 | 28.20 | 28.10 |
22 | - 3 |Wind very strong at mid-day | 28.40 | 27.94 | 28.08 |
23 | 0 |Strong wind | 28.25 | 27.60 | 27.15 |
24 | - 2 |Fresh wind. Violent rain and hail | 27.97 | 27.76 | 27.77 |
| |storm after sunset, ⅓ inch rain in | | | |
| |one hour | | | |
25 | - ½ |Rain to-day | 28.54 | 28.60 | 28.50 |
26 | - 3 |Fresh breeze | 28.62 | 28.41 | 28.26 |
27 | - 2½ | | 28.59 | 28.31 | 28.24 |
28 | - 1½ |Fresh wind in morning | 28.68 | 28.50 | 28.52 |
29 | - ½ | | 28.76 | 28.54 | 28.50 |
30 | - 8½ | | 28.89 | 28.65 | 28.53 |
-----+--------+------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+

=====+=====================================================================
|
|
| MODIFICATIONS AND COURSES OF CLOUDS
+-----------------------+-----------------------+---------------------
Day | Morning | Mid-Day | Evening
of +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+---------
Month| Clouds | Courses | Clouds | Courses | Clouds | Courses
-----+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+---------
1 | Ns. | -- | Ns. | -- | Cs. | --
2 | Fair | -- | Cs. | -- | Fair | --
3 | Fair | -- | Fair | -- | Cs, | --
4 | Cs, | -- | Cml, | N.W. | Fair | --
5 | Fair | -- | Cml, | -- | C, | N.W.
6 | Cs. | -- | Cs. | -- | Cs. | --
| | | | | |
7 | Fair | -- | Cm, | N.W. | Ns. | --
| | | | | |
8 | Fair | -- | C, | -- | Cs, | --
9 | C, | -- | Fair | -- | Fair | --
10 | C, Cm, | W.N.W. | C, | N.W. | Cml, | N.W.
11 | C, | -- | Cs, | -- | Cs, | N.W.
12 | Cml, | -- | Cml, | S.W. | Cml, | S.W.
13 | Cml, | N.W. | -- | -- | Cs, Cm, | S.W.
14 | Ns, | S. | Ns. | -- | Cs, | --
15 | Cml, | S.W. | Cml, | -- | Ns. | --
16 | Ns. | N.E. | Ns. | N.E. | Cs. | --
17 | Ns. | -- | Ns. | -- | Cml, | --
18 | Fair | -- | Fair | -- | Cml, | S.W.
19 | Cs. | -- | Cs. | -- | Cml, | --
20 | Cs, | -- | Cs, | -- | Cs, | --
21 | Fair | -- | Cml, | -- | Cs, | --
22 | Fair | -- | Cs, | -- | Cs, | --
23 | C, | -- | -- | -- | Cml, | --
24 | Cml, Cs, | -- | Cs, | -- | Cs. | --
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
25 | Cs. | -- | Cs, | -- | C, | --
26 | Fair | -- | -- | -- | -- | --
27 | C, | -- | -- | -- | -- | --
28 | Cs. | -- | Fair | -- | Fair | --
29 | Cs. | -- | Fair | -- | Fair | --
30 | Cml, | -- | -- | -- | -- | --
-----+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+---------

_Remarkable Phenomena._--20th, Halo and Corona around the moon.

In the hail storm of the 24th, hail stones fell of a very large size. One of the largest seen here was of the following dimensions, viz. length 2 inches, breadth 1½ inches, depth 1⅛ inches.

April 16th, fall of rain 3-10 inch.

{lxvi} _Meteorological Register_ {lxvii} _for the Month of_ MAY, 1820

=====+=================+=================+=================+=====+
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Day | MORNING | MID-DAY | EVENING | |
of +-----+-----------+-----+-----------+-----+-----------+Mean +
Month|Temp.| Wind |Temp.| Wind |Temp.| Wind |Temp.|
-----+-----+-----------+-----+-----------+-----+-----------+-----+
1 | 57 | N.W. | 74 | N.W. | 71 | N.W. | 67 |
2 | 54 | S.E. | 76 | S.E. | 75 | S.E. | 68 |
3 | 59 | S.E. | 71 | S.E. | 67 | S.E. | 65 |
4 | 64 | S.E. | 64 | N.W. | 61 | N.W. | 63 |
| | | | | | | |
5 | 50 | N.W. | 69 | N.W. | 70 | S.S.E. | 64 |
6 | 54 | S.E. | 68 | S.E. | 70 | S.E. | 64 |
7 | 40 | N.W. | 55 | N.W. | 51 | N.W. | 48 |
| | | | | | | |
8 | 45 | S.E. | | S.E. | 59 | S.E. | |
9 | 51 | S.E. | 77 | N.W. | 65 | N.W. | 64 |
10 | 53 | S.E. | 59 | N.W. | 52 | N.W. | 54 |
11 | 46 | N.W. | 61 | N.W. | 63 | Calm | 56 |
12 | 56 | N.W. | 70 | N.W. | 64 | N.W. | 63 |
13 | 54 | N.W. | 67 | N.W. | 62 | N.W. | 61 |
14 | 50 | N.W. | 69 | N.W. | 64 | N.W. | 61 |
15 | 58 | S.E. | 67 | S.E. | 66 | S.E. | 63 |
16 | 59 | S.E. | 65 | S.E. | 61 | S.E. | 61 |
| | | | | | | |
17 | 61 | S.E. | 70 | S.E. | 68 | S.E. | 66 |
| | | | | | | |
18 | 59 | S.E. | 66 | S.E. | 66 | S.E. | 63 |
19 | 56 | S.E. | 72 | S.E. | 68 | S.E. | 65 |
20 | 54 | S.E. | 68 | S.E. | 69 | S.E. | 63 |
21 | 56 | S.E. | 76 | S.E. | 71 | S.E. | 67 |
22 | 60 | S.E. | 77 | S.E. | 75 | S.E. | 70 |
23 | 60 | S.E. | 83 | S.E. | 77 | Calm | 73 |
24 | 67 | S.E. | 69 | S.E. | | E. | |
| | | | | | | |
25 | 53 | E. | 67 | N.E. | | N.E. | 59 |
26 | 57 | N.W. | 68 | N.W. | 62 | N.W. | 62 |
27 | 50 | N.W. | 76 | N.W. | 72 | N.W. | 66 |
28 | 58 | N.W. | 79 | N.W. | 68 | N.W. | 68 |
29 | | | | | | | |
30 | 59 | S.E. | 73 | S.E. | 71 | S.E. | 67 |
31 | 58 | S.E. | 66 | S.E. | 63 | S.E. | 62 |
-----+-----+-----------+-----+-----------+-----+-----------+-----+

=====+========+====================================+=======================+
|Rise or | | |
|fall of | | |
|Missouri| | BAROMETER |
|in last | +-----------------------+
Day |24 hours| | |
of +--------+ +-------+-------+-------+
Month| Inc. | REMARKS |Morning| Noon |Evening|
-----+--------+------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+
1 | +1 |P.M. few drops of rain | 28.80 | 28.46 | 28.44 |
2 | 0 | | 28.66 | 28.20 | 28.18 |
3 | -2½ |Fresh wind | 28.41 | 28.07 | 28.07 |
4 | +4½ |Violent storm last night with | 27.70 | 27.74 | 28.03 |
| |thunder and lightning | | | |
5 | 0 | | 28.03 | 28.38 | 28.33 |
6 | +19 | | 28.59 | 28.31 | 28.03 |
7 | +26 |Rain last night, with thunder and | 28.23 | 28.29 | 28.81 |
| |lightning. Strong wind | | | |
8 | -6 | | 28.72 | | 28.53 |
9 | -9 | | 28.60 | 28.08 | 28.37 |
10 | +19 | | 28.57 | 28.41 | 28.50 |
11 | +15 | | 28.63 | 28.40 | 28.40 |
12 | +8 | | 28.25 | 28.40 | 28.58 |
13 | -5 | | 28.26 | 28.70 | 28.75 |
14 | -5 | | 28.91 | 28.65 | 28.61 |
15 | -7 | | 28.80 | 28.63 | 38.70 |
16 | -7 |Storm last night of wind, rain, and | 28.80 | 28.73 | 28.73 |
| |hail | | | |
17 | -6 |Rain last night, with much wind, | 28.60 | 28.25 | 28.30 |
| |thunder and lightning | | | |
18 | -5 | | 28.37 | 28.30 | 28.24 |
19 | -7 | | 29.47 | 28.18 | 28.26 |
20 | -3 |Rainy | 28.47 | 28.33 | 28.27 |
21 | -6 | | 28.27 | 28.14 | 28.21 |
22 | 0 |Light breezes | 28.00 | 28.08 | 28.15 |
23 | +5½ | | 28.22 | 27.70 | 27.82 |
24 | +14 |Rain with high wind this evening. | 28.02 | 28.07 | |
| |Thunder and lightning | | | |
25 | -64 | | 28.57 | 28.57 | 28.65 |
26 | -12 | | 28.55 | 28.68 | 28.60 |
27 | +1 | | 28.66 | 28.13 | 28.22 |
28 | +40 |Light winds | 28.48 | 28.00 | 28.29 |
29 | +30 |Light winds | | | |
30 | +15 |Light winds | 28.49 | 28.21 | 28.31 |
31 | -24 |Light winds | 28.76 | 28.47 | 28.66 |
-----+--------+------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+

=====+=====================================================================
|
|
| MODIFICATIONS AND COURSES OF CLOUDS
+-----------------------+-----------------------+---------------------
Day | Morning | Mid-Day | Evening
of +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+---------
Month| Clouds | Courses | Clouds | Courses | Clouds | Courses
-----+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+---------
1 | Cs. | -- | Cms. Cs. | -- | Cs. | --
2 | Cs. | -- | Cm, | -- | Cs, | --
3 | Cs. | -- | Cms. | -- | Cs. | --
4 | Ns. | -- | Ns, | -- | Ns. | --
| | | | | |
5 | Cs, C, | -- | Cm. | -- | Cs, | --
6 | Cs. | -- | Cs, | -- | Cs, | --
7 | Cm, | -- | Cm, | -- | Fair | --
| | | | | |
8 | Cs, | -- | C, | W.N.W. | Cs, | --
9 | Cs, | -- | Cm, | -- | Cml, | --
10 | Ns. | -- | Ns. | -- | Ns. | --
11 | Ns | -- | Cml, | -- | Cs, | N.W.
12 | Cs, | N.W. | Cs, | N.W. | Cml, | N.W.
13 | Fair | -- | Fair | -- | Fair | --
14 | Fair | -- | Fair | -- | C, | N.W.
15 | Cs. | -- | Cml. | -- | Cs, | N.W.
16 | Ns, | S.E. | Ns. | S.E. | Ns. | E.S.E.
| | | | | |
17 | Ns. | -- | Ns, | S.E. | Cml. | S.E.
| | | | | |
18 | Ns. | -- | Cml. | S.E. | Cml. | S.E.
19 | C, | -- | Ns, | S.E. | C, | --
20 | Ns. | S.E. | Ns. | -- | Ns. | --
21 | C, | -- | C, Cm, | S. | C, Cm, | S.
22 | Fair | -- | Cm, | S.W. | Cm, | --
23 | Fair | -- | Cm. | -- | Cm, Cs, | --
24 | C, | -- | C. Cs. | -- | Ns, | --
| | | | | |
25 | Ns. | -- | Cml, | -- | Cs, | --
26 | Cs, | -- | Cml, | N.W. | Fair | --
27 | Fair | -- | Cml, | N.W. | Cs, Cm, | --
28 | Cml, | -- | Cm. | N.W. | Cm, | --
29 | Fair | -- | Cs. | -- | Cm, | --
30 | C, | -- | Cms, | -- | Cs. | --
31 | C, | -- | Cs. | -- | Cs, | --
-----+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+---------

May 4th, fall of rain, ½ inch--10th, 1 inch--20th, ⅛ inch--24th, ¾ inch.

{lxviii} _Meteorological Register_

[_Remarkable Phenomena_ continued from page lix [our page 279].]

January 29th. Parhelion around the sun this afternoon, consisting of a halo circumscribing the sun, in the circumference of which appeared the mock suns, and in a horizontal line with the sun. The diameter of the halo was observed to be 45° 20´. To the N.E. of the sun there also appeared a luminous arch inverted, or having its convex part towards the sun, and its extremities directed from it. It was about 60° of a circle of a smaller periphery than the halo, and well defined. The part nearest the sun was found to be 48° 17´ distant from that luminary, so that it did not come in contact with the halo, but the points of their nearest approach were 25° 37´ apart. The halo was indistinct, except in the vicinity of the mock suns, where it was well defined. Time of making observations half past three o'clock, P.M. Thermometer at the same time 5°, Barometer 28.88, atmosphere hazy, thin light clouds about sun, fresh N.W. wind.

This evening soon after the moon rose, there being a thick haze or mist in the atmosphere about her, there appeared two luminous cones of a reddish cast, whose bases coincided with the moon's disc; the one extending with its vertex above the moon directed towards the zenith, and the other with its vertex below her approaching the horizon. At six o'clock the paraselene appeared complete, consisting of the halo of the same diameter as that around the sun this afternoon, the mock moons or images, and the inverted arch to the S.W. of the moon, and of the same size and distance from the moon as that which appeared with the parhelion above mentioned. From each mock moon there projected a cone of light, whose vertices were directed from the moon. Soon after these appeared two more cones issuing from the moon, one on each side of her in a horizontal direction. The length of the one projecting downwards was 8° 40´; that of the other three 2° 30´, they being equal in length. Thermometer when the observations on the moon were made stood at 5°, Barometer 29.00, fresh N.W. breeze, atmosphere hazy, no clouds visible about moon.

January 31st. Parhelion around the sun this morning, consisting of the mock suns only, which appeared soon after sunrise, the distance between them measured 44° 30´.

On the 12th the ice in the river was found to be 28 inches thick. Very little current where the measurement was made.

FOOTNOTES:

[98] The matter from this point to the end of the present volume, is reprinted from vol. ii of the Philadelphia edition (1823), where it appears as part ii.--ED.

VOCABULARIES

OF

INDIAN LANGUAGES

For the accuracy of the words in the following Vocabularies we have to rely upon the knowledge of the Indians or interpreters from whom we received them, having carefully noted them down on the spot, as they appeared to be pronounced. I have much pleasure in acknowledging the ready and important aid which I received from Mr. John Dougherty, at present Deputy Indian Agent for the Missouri; indeed, the Omawhaw, Shoshone and Upsaroka vocabularies are chiefly set down agreeably to his pronunciation.

The philologist will observe, that in these vocabularies, the guttural sound is indicated by a †, a nasal sound by an *, and a ‡ accompanying the letter j, shows that the French sound of that letter must be given to it.

T. SAY.

{lxx} VOCABULARY OF INDIAN LANGUAGES