Journal of a second expedition into the interior of Africa, from the Bight of Benin to Soccatoo

by Hugh Clapperton

HEIGHT OF THERMOMETER IN KANO, AS OBSERVED BY RICHARD LANDER, AUGUST 25, 1826.

Aug.		6 A.M.	Noon.	3 P.M.
25.	Dull morning, 6 A.M.; 12 noon, clear; 3P.M. clear	76°	84°	85°
26.	A thunder storm and heavy rain; 12 noon,dull; 3 P.M. do.	75	79	79
27.	6 A.M. clear light air; 12 noon, clear; 3P.M. clear	76	81	84
28.	Clear at 6 A.M.; 12 noon, calm andcloudy; 3 P.M. light airs	77	81	85
29.	6 A.M. heavy rain; 12 noon, clear andcalm; 3 P.M. clear and calm	73	82	83
30.	6 A.M. clear; 12 noon, a thunder stormand heavy rain	72	79	79
31.	Clear and cold; 12 noon, clear andcold	73	80	84
Sept.
1.	Dull morning; 12 noon, dull; 3 P.M. dulland cloudy	77	81	80
8.	Dull morning; 12 noon, clear; 3 P.M.clear	76	83	82
10.	Dull morning; 12 noon, dull; 3 P.M. heavyrain	77	80	79
11.	Clear and calm	77	85	86
12.	Clear and calm	80	85	86
13.	Clear and light air	79	84	83
14.	Clear and light air	77	86	85
15.	Clear and light air	80	85	86
16.	Clear and light air	75	85	86
17.	Clear and light air	77	85	84
18.	Clear until noon; 3 P.M. a thunder stormand rain	79	86	83
19.	Clear and calm	78	84	88
20.	Clear and calm until 3 P.M. and lightair	78	84	87
21.	Clear and calm	77	84	88
22.	Clear and calm until 12 noon, lightair	76	85	88
23.	Clear, light air	79	90	90
24.	Clear and calm; 12 noon, and lightair	80	89	89
25.	Clear and calm	79	86	88
26.	Clear; 12 noon, light breezes	79	86	89
27.	Clear, light air	79	86	89
28.	Clear; 12 noon, light rain	80	86	90
29.	Clear; 3 P.M. heavy rain	79	86	89
30.	Dull and foggy; 3 P.M. heavy rain andwind	79	85	87
Oct.
1.	Heavy rain and a thunder storm	70	76	79
2.	Clear and cold, light breezes	70	80	80
3.	Clear and cold, light breezes	70	83	85
4.	Clear, light air, and cold	71	84	84
5.	Clear and light breezes	70	83	85
6.	Clear and calm	80	88	88
7.	Clear, light air	80	87	87
8.	Clear and calm	75	89	89
9.	Clear and light breezes	80	87	88
10.	Clear and light breezes	75	88	88
11.	Clear and calm	75	87	87
12.	Clear and fine breezes	75	88	88
13.	Clear, light air	76	89	89
14.	Clear, light breezes	76	87	87
24.	Clear and cold	75	86	86
25.	Clear light breezes	75	83	87
26.	Clear and cold, light air	75	84	83
27.	Clear and cold, light air	75	87	86
28.	Clear and cold, light breezes	75	85	85
29.	Clear and light breezes	75	86	85
30.	Clear; 12 at noon, light breeze fromeast	75	84	85
31.	Clear; 12 noon, light breeze	76	85	86
Nov.
1.	Clear and calm	76	84	85
2.	Clear; 12 noon, light air	76	88	88
3.	Clear; 12 noon, light breeze	76	85	86
4.	Dull and hazy	76	86	86
5.	Clear; 12 noon, a light breeze	75	87	86
6.	Clear; 12 noon, light breeze	75	85	86
7.	Clear; 12 noon, light breeze	75	85	86
8.	Clear at 8; 12 noon, hazy and lightbreeze	75	85	86
9.	Clear at 9; 12 noon, cloudy, and lightbreeze	75	86	87
10.	Clear at 8; 12, light breezes	75	88	88
11.	Clear at 9; 12, light breezes	75	85	86
12.	Clear at 8; 12, light breezes	77	86	87
13.	Clear at 9; 12, light air	76	85	86
14.	Clear; 12, light breezes	75	85	87
15.	Clear; 12 at noon, a light breeze	75	86	86
16.	Clear; 12, light breezes	76	84	85
17.	Clear; 12 noon, a light breeze	77	85	87
18.	Clear; 12 noon, a light air	76	86	86
19.	Clear; 12 noon, a light breeze	76	85	85
20.	Clear, strong breeze, wind east	75	85	85
21.	Clear, light breezes	75	89	89
SOCKATOO, JANUARY 7, 1827.
Jan.
7.	Strong breeze from east-north-east,clear	70	90	92
8.	Monday, 6 A.M. light breeze, hazy; 12noon, wind east-north-east	70	90	92
9.	6 A.M. cold and clear, a strong windeast-north-east; 12, clear, light air	65	89	90
10.	6 A.M. cold and hazy; 12, strong breezes,clear, north-east wind; 3 P.M. clear	60	90	90
11.	Cold and hazy; 12, a fine breeze, windnorth-east, clear, light breeze	60	89	90
12.	6 A.M. cold and hazy; 12, light breeze,wind north-east, clear; 3 P.M. clear	64	86	85
13.	Clear and cold, wind north-east; 12 atnoon, clear and cold; 3 P.M. clear	62	89	89
14.	6 A.M. hazy, calm; 12, strong breezes,wind north-east; 3 P.M. clear	62	88	88
15.	Clear, cold, wind north-east; 12, strongbreezes; 3 P.M. clear	62	86	86
16.	Clear and cold, wind north-east, strongbreeze, clear; 3 P.M. clear	60	80	80
17.	Hazy calm; 12 noon, strong breeze andclear, wind north-east	62	80	80
18.	Thursday, clear and cold, windnorth-east; 12 noon, clear, strong breeze, wind north-east	62	81	83
19.	Clear and cold, a strong breeze fromnorth-east	65	84	86
20.	Clear; 12 at noon, strong breeze, windeast, 3 P.M. clear	64	88	89
21.	Sunday, clear and calm; 12 noon, lightbreeze, wind east; 3 P.M. clear	64	88	89
22.	Morning hazy, a light air; 12 noon,clear, light breeze, wind east	62	89	90
23.	Morning hazy; 12 noon, light breeze andclear, wind north-east	65	90	93
24.	Wednesday, morning hazy, calm; 12 noon,clear, fine breeze, east; 3 P.M. clear	72	96	98
25.	Morning hazy, calm; 12 noon, clear, alight breeze, wind east; 3 P.M. clear	70	96	98
26.	Hazy, calm; 12 noon, clear, a lightbreeze, wind north-east; 3 P.M. clear	72	94	95
27.	Morning hazy and calm; 12 noon, lightbreezes, clear, wind north-east; 3 P.M. clear	62	83	90
28.	Morning hazy and calm; 12 noon, lightbreeze; 3 P.M. clear, wind east	65	93	96
29.	Morning clear, a light air; 12 noon,light breeze, clear, wind east; 3 P.M. clear	75	99	100
30.	Hazy and a light air; 12 noon, clear,light breeze, wind north-east; 3 P.M. clear	74	98	99
31.	Wednesday, clear; 12 noon, clear, lightbreeze, wind south-east; 3 P.M. clear	75	98	99
Feb.
1.	Thursday, morning hazy and calm; 12 noon,light breeze, wind south-east, clear; 3 P.M. clear	75	98	100
2.	Morning hazy and calm; 12 noon, a lightbreeze, wind north-east; 3 P.M. clear	75	99	100
3.	Morning hazy and calm; 12 noon, lightbreeze, wind north-east; 3 P.M. clear	75	97	99
4.	Sunday, morning hazy and calm; 12 noon,light breeze and clear, wind north-east	75	98	99
5.	Morning hazy and calm; 12 noon, lightbreeze, clear, wind north-east	75	100	104
20.	Morning hazy and calm; 12 noon, lightbreeze, clear, wind ditto	75	95	100
21.	Morning hazy; 12 noon, light breeze andclear, wind north-east	75	100	100
22.	Thursday, morning hazy; 12 noon, lightbreeze and clear, wind north-east	75	100	100
23.	Morning hazy; 12 noon, light breeze andclear, wind north-east	77	100	100
24.	Saturday, morning hazy; 12 noon, lightbreeze, clear, wind north-east	75	95	100
25.	Morning hazy; 12 noon, a fine breeze,wind north-east	75	100	100
26.	Morning hazy, calm; 12 noon, lightbreeze, wind north-east; 3 P.M. clear	75	100	100
27.	Tuesday, morning hazy, calm; 12 noon,light breeze, clear, north-east wind	65	85	85
28.	Strong gales, hazy; 12 noon, stronggales; 3 P.M. strong gales, north-east wind	65	85	85
	During a whirlwind at 2 P.M. thethermometer fell from 100½ to 98, and at 3 P.M. rose to 101.
March.
1.	Strong gales during the day, and hazy,north-east wind	85	85	100
2.	Strong gales and hazy during the day,north-east wind	65	85	85
3.	Strong gales and cloudy during the day,north-east wind	65	85	85
4.	Sundry light breezes during the day,north-east wind	74	89	90
5.	Morning hazy; 12 noon, light breeze,north-east	72	95	98
6.	Calm and hazy; 12 noon, clear, east wind;3 P.M. hazy, light air	71	96	96
7.	6 A.M. hazy, calm; 12 noon, cloudy, alight breeze, east wind; 3 P.M. cloudy	72	95	96
8.	Hazy, calm; 12 noon, hazy, a lightbreeze; 3 P.M. hazy, light air	70	96	95
9.	Friday, 6 A.M. hazy, calm; 12 noon, lightbreeze, clear, east wind	70	95	96
10.	6 A.M. hazy and calm; 12 noon, strongbreeze, clear; 3 P.M. clear	70	99	96
11.	Hazy and calm; 12 noon, a light breeze,clear; 3 P.M. clear, east wind	70	98	96
12.	Hazy and calm; 12 noon, fine breeze andclear, east wind	70	95	96
13.	6 A.M. strong breeze, south-by-east wind;12 noon, strong breezes, south-by-east wind; 3 P.M. a finebreeze	70	99	97
14.	Hazy, light air; 12 noon, strong breeze,south-by-east wind, clear	70	95	96
15.	Hazy and calm; 12 noon, strong breezes,south-by-east wind, clear; 3 P.M. clear	70	96	95
16.	Light breeze and hazy; 12 noon, lightbreeze and clear; 3 P.M. clear	70	100	98
17.	Hazy and calm; 12 noon, a light breeze,clear, east-north-east wind; 3 P.M. clear	70	98	99
18.	Sunday, calm and hazy; 12 noon, lightbreeze and clear, east wind	70	100	100
19.	6 A.M. calm and clear; 12 noon, calm andclear; 3 P.M. light wind	73	101	101
20.	Calm and clear; 3 P.M. a light breeze,west wind	71	102	102
21.	Calm and clear until 3 P.M., a finebreeze, west wind	75	102	103
22.	6 A.M. calm and clear; 12 noon, a strongbreeze, east wind	75	104	105
23.	6 A.M. calm and clear; 12 noon, lightbreeze; 3 P.M. light breeze, clear	74	101	100
24.	6 A.M. calm and hazy; 12 noon, lightbreeze, hazy; 3 P.M. light air, east wind	74	100	100
25.	Sunday, 6 A.M. calm and hazy; 12 noon,hazy, light breeze, east wind	74	104	103
26.	6 A.M. a clear light breeze; 12 noon,hazy, a light breeze, east wind; 3 P.M. a light breeze	74	101	100
27.	6 A.M. a light breeze; 12 noon, hazy, alight breeze, east wind; 3 P.M. light breeze	73	104	101
28.	6 A.M. light breeze; 12 noon, a lightbreeze, clear, south-east wind; 3 P.M. clear	72	100	100
29.	6 A.M. strong breeze, clear, south-eastwind; 12 noon, light air; 3 P.M. light air	72	99	100
30.	6 A.M. hazy, a light air; 12 noon, hazy,a light breeze, east wind; 3 P.M. a light air	72	101	100
31.	6 A.M. hazy, a light south-east wind; 12noon, hazy, light south-east wind; 3 P.M. hazy, light air	57	106	105
April.
1.	Sunday, sultry and hazy, calm; 12 noon,sultry and hazy	74	101	102
2.	Hazy during the day, light air	70	101	105
3.	Hazy and calm; 12 noon, light breeze,south-east wind, light air	74	103	107
4.	Calm and hazy; 12 noon, light breeze,south-west wind; 3 P.M. hazy, light breeze	78	104	104
5.	A dull hazy day, light breezes	78	110	108
6.	Dull and hazy; 3 P.M. a light breeze fromwest	77	100	100
7.	Dull and hazy; 3 P.M. light breezes,south-west wind	79	100	100
8.	Sunday, dull and hazy, light air duringthe day	77	102	103
9.	Clear day and light breezes, south-westwind	77	103	104
10.	Tuesday, clear day and light breezes,south-west wind	77	104	107
11.	Clear, and light breezes from thesouth-west	77	104	103
12.	Clear morning, and light breezes 3P.M.	77	104	104
14.	Clear morning, calm; 12 noon, lightbreezes, south-west wind	77	105	106
15.	Clear morning, calm; 3 P.M. lightbreezes, south-west wind, clear	80	105	106
16.	6 A.M. misty and calm; 12 noon, lightbreezes, south-west wind; 3 P.M. light breezes, south-westwind	79	106	106
17.	6 A.M. misty, west wind; 12 noon, lightair; 3 P.M. calm and misty	80	109	108
23.	6 A.M. clear morning, a fine breeze fromthe west; 3 P.M. calm	76	105	106
24.	Cloudy day, a fine breeze from thewest	77	102	103
25.	Cloudy and calm; 12 noon, a strong breezefrom the west; 3 P.M. calm and clear; 6 P.M. a thunder storm	78	102	104
26.	Clear and calm; 12 noon, light breezefrom the west, and clear; 3 P.M. calm and misty	77	103	105
27.	Clear and calm; 12 noon, light breezefrom the west; 3 P.M. clear	78	105	106
28.	Clear morning, light air; 12 noon, a finebreeze from the west; 3 P.M. fine breeze	77	103	105
29.	Sunday, morning clear and calm; 12 noon,cloudy, light breeze; 3 P.M. a gale of wind, with thunderstorm	76	100	90
30.	Morning calm and clear; 12 noon, lightbreeze from the west; 3 P.M. light breezes and clear	78	100	100
May.
1.	Tuesday, cloudy during the day, lightbreeze from the west	77	100	102

THE END.

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