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Meteorological Observations made by Lieutenant Pike, on the Mississippi, in 1805 and 1806.

Note.—These observations are very imperfect, my mode of traveling being such as to prevent my making regular references to the thermometer; and during the intense cold which prevailed some part of the winter, the mercury of the barometer sank into the bulb. I was also frequently obliged to be absent from my party, when it was impossible for me to carry instruments. Those different circumstances occasioned the omissions which appear in the table. The instrument employed was Reaumer's, but the observations made have been adapted to the scale of Fahrenheit.—Z. M. Pike, 1st lieutenant.

Remarks.

 Sept. 1st, The [Dubuque] Mines.

 Sept. 5th, Prairie De Chien.

 Sept. 10th, Barometer below 28.

 Sept. 18th, Lake Pepin.

 Sept. 22d, River St. Peter's.

 Sept. 27th, Falls of St. Anthony.

 Oct. 16th, Pine Creek Rapids.

 Oct. 28th, Pine Creek.

 Nov. 2d, Absent from camp.

 Nov. 6th, Thunder and lightning.

 Nov. 9th, Return to camp.

 Nov. 11th-12th, Thawing.

 Nov. 13th, Smoky.

 Nov. 14th, Thunder and lightning.

 Nov. 16th-19th, Freezing.

 Nov. 20th-21st, Thawing.

 Nov. 22d, Freezing.

 Nov. 23d-27th, Thawing.

 Dec. 11th, Thawing.

 Dec. 12th, Slight snow.

 Dec. 13th, Storm.

 Dec. 14th, Stormy.

 Dec. 17th-18th, Thawing.

 Dec. 19th-25th, Freezing.

 Dec. 28th, Very cold.

 Dec. 31st, Very cold.

 Jan. 6th, Lake Sable.

 Jan. 7th, Absent for six days.

 Feb. 1st, Leech Lake.

 Feb. 22d, White Fish Lake.

 Mar. 1st, Lower Red Cedar Lake.

 Mar. 6th, Snow at night.

 Mar. 7th, Pine Creek.

 Mar. 9th, Very warm; ice melting fast.

 Mar. 11th, Raw and disagreeable.

 Mar. 12th, Ice melting fast.

 Mar. 15th, Small snow in the night.

 Mar. 17th, Sleet and snow.

 Mar. 18th-19th, Heavy snow.

 Mar. 20th, Thawing at noon; water rising.

 Mar. 21st, Cold.

 Mar. 22d, Extraordinary cold.

 Mar. 24th, Sauteurs.

 Mar. 25th, Very stormy.

 Mar. 26th, Moderate.

 Mar. 27th, Warm.

 Mar. 28th, Warm, thunder, lightning.

 Mar. 29th, Warm, thunder, lightning, rain.

 Apr. 1st, Ice breaking up by degrees.

 Apr. 2d-3d, Ice commenced running.

 Apr. 5th, Snow.

 Apr. 6th, River entirely breaks up.

 Apr. 8th, Snow, hail.

 Apr. 9th, Remarkably cold.

 Apr. 11th, Snow falls three inches.