A narrative of travels in northern Africa in the years 1818, 19, and 20; accompanied by geographical notices of Soudan and of the course of the Niger

by G. F. Lyon

APPENDIX.

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APPENDIX.

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METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER.
MORZOUK.

DATE.		THERMOMETER.				HYGROMETER.		WINDS.
		REAUMUR.		FAHRENHEIT.
1819.		5 A.M.	2 P.M.	5 A.M.	2 P.M.	5 A.M.	2 P.M.
May	4	22	33	81.½	106.¼	60	54	East.
	5	22	34	81.½	108.½	61	53
	6	23	33	83.¾	106.¼	60	54
	7	21	33	79.¼	106.¼	58	53	East-north-east.
	8	20	31	77	101.¾	58	50
	9	21	32	79.¼	104	60	54	East.
	10	22	33	81.½	106.¼	60	51	East-north-east.
	11	23.5	33.1	85	106.½	61	52	East by south.
	12	22	34	81.½	108.½	60	53	North-east.
	13	22.2	33	82	106.¼	58	52
	14	23	33.2	83.¾	106.¾	60	51
	15	23.4	34	84.¾	108.½	61	60	North.
	16	23	35	83.¾	110.¾	63	58	North-east.
	17	22	34	81.½	108.½	64	61	East-north-east.
	18	23.8	36	85.½	113	59	54	East.
	19	23	37	83.¾	115.¼	60	54
	20	23	34	83.¾	108.½	63	60
	21	22	35	81.½	110.¾	61	56
	22	21.1	34	79.½	108.½	62	59
	23	22	36	81.½	113	60	57	East-south-east.
	24	23	37	83.¾	115.¼	61	52
	25	24	37	86	115.¼	61	57	East.
	26	23	36	83.¾	113	60	59
	27	23	37	83.¾	115.¼	60	54	North.
	28	25.1	35	88.½	110.¾	58	60
	29	26	34	90.½	108.½	57	57	North-west.
	30	25	37	88.¼	115.¼	56	58
	31	24.2	34	86.½	108.½	59	55	North-east.
June	1	25	38	88.¼	117.½	56	47
	2	24.3	39	86.¾	119.¾	58	43
	3	25	40	88.¼	122	54	54
	4	25	39	88.¼	119.¾	58	56	South-east.
	5	24	38	86	117.½	58	56
	6	24	37	86	115.¼	57	56	East.
	7	25	38	88.¼	117.½	58	51	East.
	8	26	40	90.½	122	61	58
	9	27	38	92.¾	117.½	60	58
	10	26	36	90.½	113	61	55	North-east.
	11	25.3	39	89	119.¾	60	58
	12	26	39	90.½	119.¾	62	60
	13	25	38	88.¼	117.½	63	60	East.
	14	25	37	88.¼	115.¼	64	51
	15	24	41	86	124.¼	62	60	East-north-east.
	16	25	38	88.¼	117.½	61	60
	17	26	41	90.½	124.¼	62	60	East-south-east.
	18	26	40	90.½	122	58	56
	19	25.4	44	89.¼	131	54	52
	20	27.3	44.8	93.¼	133	55	54	North-east.
	21	26.1	43	90.¾	128.¾	60	58
	22	27.3	42	93.¼	126.½	63	53	Calm.
	23	26	43	90.½	128.¾	55	53	South-east.
	24	26.3	42	91	126.½	52	54
	25	26	43	90.½	128.¾	56	54	North-east.
	26	26	42	90.½	126.½	60	55	North.
	27	25.3	39	89	119.¾	60	63
	28	26	38	90.½	117.½	62	60
	29	25	38	88.¼	117.½	63	63
	30	25	38	88.¼	117.½	64	62	East-north-east.
July	1	25	36	88.¼	113	60	60	North-east.
	2	27	38	92.¾	117.½	58	58
	3	28	36	95	113	54	40	South.
	4	26	36	90.½	113	65	65
	5	27	36	92.¾	113	64	62	North-east.
	6	26	36	90.½	113	66	66
	7	25.1	35	88.½	110.¾	62	60
	8	26	36	90.½	113	64	60	North-east.
	9	24	36	86	113	63	60
	10	24	36	86	113	60	60
	11	24	35	86	110.¾	64	64
	12	24	36	86	113	64	64
	13	24	36	86	90.½	62	63
	14	23	36	83.¾	113	64	64
	15	25	37	88.¼	115.¼	62	55	East.
	16	26	28	90.½	95	55	55
	17	26.3	37	91	115.¼	60	54
	18	26	38	90.½	117.½	50	50
	19	27	38	92.¾	117.½	50	50
	20	26	38	90.½	117.½	52	50
	21	22	38	81.½	117.½	50	50	North-east.
	22	21.3	39	80	119.¾	50	50
	23	22		81.½		51	50	North-east.
	24	24	40	86	122	50	50
	25	26	39	90.½	119.¾	50	50	North-east.
	26	27	40	92.¾	122	52	52
	27	25.1	40	88.½	122	52	50
	28	26	40	90.½	122	52	52
	29	25.3	39	89	119.¾	52	50	North.
	30	23	40.3	83.¾	122.½	55	55
	31	24	41.3	86	125	55	55	East.
August	1	25	40	88.¼	122	67	55	North-east.
	2	24		86		66		North.
	3	25	39	88.¼	119.¾	75	67	East.
	4	23	40	83.¾	122	77	61	North.
	5	24		86		67
	6	25	39	88.¼	119.¾	70	67	North-east.
	7	25		88.¼		72
	8	25	40	88.¼	122	72	64	South.
	9	22	40	83.¾	122	74	62	South-east.
	10	25	40	88.¼	122	80	65
	11	23	45	83.¾	133.¼	74	60	East-north-east.
	12	23	41	83.¾	124.¼	69	68	South.
	13	24	40.1	86	122.¼	66	55	East-south-east.
	14	23	41	83.¾	124.¼	72	60	East.
	15	24	44	86	131	68	56	South-east.
	16	26	42	90.½	126.½	60	56
	17	26	42.2	90.½	127	71	58
	18	26	42	90.½	126.½	64	60	East.
	19	25.1	41.5	88.½	125.¼	71	59
	20	20	42.5	77	127.½	70	59	South-east.
	21	26	43.5	90.½	130	69	56
	22	25	43	88.¼	128.¾	66	56
	23	25.8	42.5	90	127.½	67	57	East.	⎫ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎬ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎭	Fevers very prevalent, andoften fatal.
	24	24	38	86	117.½	76	66	South-east.
	25	25.5	40.5	89.¼	123	71	70	East-south-east.
	26	24	38	86	117.½	76	66	East-north-east.
	27	23	39	83.¾	119.¾	75	61
	28	24	41	86	124.¼	70	61	North-east.
	29	23	42	83.¾	126.½	69	67	East.
	30	28	43.5	95	130	67	60	South-east.
	31	24.5	43.5	87	130	65	53
September	1	26	45	90.½	133.¼	64	55
	2	26	42	90.½	126.½	61	52
	3	25	43	88.¼	128.¾	64	55
	4	25.5	43	89.¼	128.¾	63	55
	5	27	41	92.¾	124.¼	67	60	East-north-east.
	6	26	42	90.½	126.½	67	55	East.
	7	24.8	41	88	124.¼	67	60	South-east.
	8	26	41	90.½	124.¼	69	59
	9	24	42	86	126.½	70	55
	10	24.5	41.5	87	125.¼	69	60
	11	24.8	41.5	88	125.¼	69	55	South-east.
	12	25	42.5	88.¼	127.½	66	55
	13	25.8	41	90	124.¼	55	55	East-south-east.
	14	25	42	88.¼	126.½	66	56	South-east.
	15	26	40	90.½	122	69	65	East.
	16	25.5	37	89.¼	115.¼	74	71	East-north-east.
	17	23	39	83.¾	119.¾	81	66
	18	23	40.2	83.¾	122.½	75	63	South-east.
	19	23	39.5	83.¾	121	71	63	East-north-east.
	20	22.2	39.5	82	121	69	60
	21	23	39.5	83.¾	121	69	60
	22	24	39.5	86	121	69	60
	23	22	39	81.½	119.¾	67	59	South-east.
	24	23	38.4	83.¾	118.½	68	61
	25	22.8	39	83.¼	119.¾	74	61
	26	23	39.5	83.¾	121	72	60
	27	23.2	38	84	119.¼	70	62
	28	22.5	39.5	81.½	121	71	59
	29	24	37.8	86	117	82	72
	30	22.6	36.8	83	115	82	72
October	1	23	36	83.¾	113	84	72
	2	20	36	77	113	83	72	East.
	3	19	32	74.¾	104	85	72
	4	16.8	32	70	104	86	70	South-south-west.
	5	16	32.4	68	105	80	68
	6	15	32.5	65.¾	105	76	67	South.
	7	17		70.¼		77		South-west.
	8	20	33	77	106.¼	90	76	North.
	9	15.8	31	67.½	101.¾	82	72	North-west.
	10	16.7	31.2	69.½	102.¼	86	75	South.
	11	17	32	70.¼	104	91	75	South-west.
	12	17.3	32.4	71	105	85	73	South.
	13	17	33	70.¼	106.¼	83	69
	14	17	33.2	70.¼	106.¾	80	65
	15	15.5	33	67	106.¼	76	63
	16	16.1	35.1	68.¼	111	74	59	South-east.
	17	19.5	35	76	110.¾	68	55	South.
	18	19	35.5	74.¾	112	65	52
	19	18	36	72.½	113	62	53
	20	18	34	72.½	108.½	62	56
	21	17.5	35.5	71.½	112	67	60	South-east.
	22	18	36.5	72.½	114	68	59	South.
	23	17	36.5	70.¼	114	68	59
	24	16.8	34.8	70	110.½	68	57
	25	18	35	72.½	110.¾	67	55
	26	17	33	70.¼	106.¼	65	60
	27	14.8	31	65.¼	101.¾	67	63
	28	14	33	63.½	106.¼	63	59
	29	13.2	27	62	92.¾	68	54	South-west.
	30	12.5	29	60	97.¼	64	60
	31	13	28.4	61.¼	96	63	58
November	1	12	24	59	86	65	57	West.
	2	11.5	23	58	83.¾	68	55
	3	14	26	63.½	90.½	65	51	North-west.
	4	12.5	22	60	81.½	68	52	North.
	5	11	27	56.¾	92.¾	59	59
	6	10.5	25.2	55.½	88.¾	59	54
	7	12.2	28	59.½	95	57	54	North-west.
	8	10	24	54.½	86	58	54
	9	7.5	22.4	49	82.½	59	51
	10	9.5	25	53.¼	88.¼	61	60
	11	8.8	24.2	52	86.½	60	51	West-south-west.
	12	9	22.4	52.¼	82.½	61	53
	13	10.2	27	55	92.¾	60	50
	14	14	29	63.½	97.¼	58	54
	15	14.2	27	64	92.¾	54	54	North-east.
	16	11.2	25	57.¼	88.¼	58	51	West.
	17	10.4	27	55.½	92.¾	57	52
	18	14.2	29	64	97.¼	51	50	East.
	19	14	31	63.½	101.¾	51	51
	20	11	30	56.¾	99.½	57	58
From this time until the third ofDecember Belford and I were confined to our beds.
December	4	10.2	22.4	55	82.½	54	52	Westerly.
	5	11.4	27.2	57.½	93.¼	58	54	West.
	6	9.2	25	52.¾	88.¼	59	58
	7	8.5	22	51	81.½	58	60	North.
	8	11.2	25	57.¼	88.¼	61	54	North-west.
	9	10	27	54.½	92.¾	58	51
	10	12.2	26	59.½	90.½	51	51	East.
	11	11		56.¾		53
	12	10	25.2	54.½	88.¾	56	50	East-north-east.
	13	9.5	20	53.¼	77	59	52	North.

We set out at this time on our journey to the south; for account of Thermometer see Journal.

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OBSERVATIONS.

I here subjoin a short account, by Professor Buckland of Oxford, of a few specimens of the rocks and minerals of Tripoli and Fezzan, which I was enabled to collect in the course of my tour.