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Show li Jttly G A.ueust 7 21 Nu,. 5 7 ~1JJJ1Citdia:. their heads, two were knocked down, and sevc1. l1acl theirlegs and thighs much bruised. Captaiu Lewis weighed one of those hail stones whicl1 weighed th1·ce ounces, and measured seven inches in circumference; they were generall) round and pel'fectly solid. I am convinced that if one of these hud struck a man on his naked head, it would certainly have fractured his sk ull; young black-birds arc abundant and beginning to fly. A heavy wind from the southwest, attended with rain about the middle of the last night; about day had a violent thunderstorm, attended with hail and rain; the hail covered the g round, and was ncar the size of musquet balls; one black· bird was killed with the hail; I am astonished that more have not suffered in a similar manner, as they ar·e abundant, and I should suppose the hail-stones sufficiently heavy to kill them. The river which we aJ·e now ascending, is so inconsiderable, and the current so much of a stand, that I relinquished paying further attention to its state. Mo t astonishing was the difTcr·ence between the height of ti1e mercury at sunrise and at 4 P.M. to·day. There was the difference of fifty-niuc degrees, and this in the space of eight hours, yet we experience this wonderful transition without feeling it ncar so sensibly as I should have expected. A thick fog continued nntil 12 o'clock, at which time it clc<tr·cd off, and was fair the remaindct· of the day. Commenced J'aining at 2 P. M. and continued ut intervals all day; saw fourteen stt·ipetl :makes to-d ay. A thick fog this moming· which continued until 11 A. MJ at which time it clenrcd ofl', and con- Nov. Deer. Jlppendix. 509 tinued fair about two hours, a11d began to rain; several showers during· the evening. 12 Violent ' rind from the southwest, accompanied with hail thunder and lightniug, the thunder excessively lo\ld, which continued fr·om 3 till 6 A. M. when it cleared off fot· a short time; afterwards a heavy rnin succeeded, which lasted u ntil twelve o'clock, when it cleared ofl' for an hour, and again become cloudy: the rain has been pretty generally falling since the 7th instant. I 5 The afte1· part of this clay is fair and calm, for the first time since the 1 ~th instant, ami no ram. ~0 Rained moderately from G o'clock A. l\1. until 1 P. M. on the 2 1st, after which it became cloudy without rain. 22 The wind violent from the S. S. E. throwing the water of the river O\'C r our camp, i.lnd rain continued all day. 26 Rained all day; some hard showers; wind not so hard as il hi.ls been for a few days past; some rain on the morning of the 23d, and night of the 24th instant. 27 Rained modet·atcly all day; a hard wind from the southwest, which compelled us to lie by on the isthmus of point \\.,.illium .on the south side. 28 The wind which was from the southwest shifted ir the aftet· part of the day to the northwest, and blew a. storm which was tremendous; rained aU the last night and to·day without intermission. 29 Rained all last night hard, and to-day moderately. 30 Ruined ancl hailed at intervals throughout the las night, some thundct· and lightning. 3 Fai1· from 12 to ~ P. M. rained all the last nigl1 and this morning; rained thP ni~ ht of the l st aml the mo1·uing of the 211d, and cloudy the rc~ ma.inder of the day; r ained at iuteJ·vals the night of the ~nd instant, with constant, hard, and some· titncs viulcnt winds. |