cuse, in regard to the
evaporation from water-surface:

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| COFFIN, at Ogdensburgh,|| CONKEY, at Syracuse,
| in 1838. || in 1852.
MONTHS. +--------+---------------++--------+--------------
| Rain. | Evaporation. || Rain. | Evaporation.
-----------+--------+---------------++--------+--------------
January | 2.36 | 1.652 || 3.673 | 0.665
February | 0.97 | 0.817 || 1.307 | 1.489
March | 1.18 | 2.067 || 3.234 | 2.239
April | 0.40 | 1.625 || 3.524 | 3.421
May | 4.81 | 7.100 || 4.491 | 7.309
June | 3.57 | 6.745 || 3.773 | 7.600
July | 1.88 | 7.788 || 2.887 | 9.079
August | 2.55 | 5.415 || 2.724 | 6.854
September | 1.01 | 7.400 || 2.774 | 5.334
October | 2.73 | 3.948 || 4.620 | 3.022
November | 2.07 | 3.659 || 4.354 | 1.325
December | 1.08 | 1.146 || 4.112 | 1.863
-----------+--------+---------------++--------+--------------
TOTAL | 24.61 | 49.362 || 41.473 | 50.200
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"The annual fall of water in England, is stated, by Mr. Dalton, to
be 32 inches. In this State, it is 35.28 inches. The evaporation
from water-surface in England, is put, by Mr. Dalton, at 44.43
inches. The fall is less, and the evaporation is less, in England
than here; and the fall, in each case, bears the same proportion to
the evaporation, very nearly; and it appears that the experiments
made on the two sides of the ocean, result in giving very nearly
the same per centage of drainage. In England, it is 42.4 per cent.;
in this State, it is 44.1. In England, the experiments were made on
a limited scale compared with ours; but the results agree so well,
that great confidence may safely be placed in them."

In reviewing the whole subject of rain, and of evaporation and
filtration, we seem to have evidence to justify the opinion, that with
considerable more rain in this country than in England, and with a
greater evaporation, because of a clearer sky and greater heat, we have
a larger quantity of surplus wat