.09 1.62 3.43 4.10 6.13 3.40 4.60
Fort Duncan 0.05 0.69 1.50 0.00 2.53 6.83 0.83 0.90 4.81
Mean 0.26 1.27 1.34 0.71 1.50 5.63 3.35 0.93 3.28
Fort Inge 0.20 2.15 3.00 0.75 3.88 2.09 0.97 1.67 4.80
Mean 0.64 2.21 1.79 1.26 3.01 5.38 3.66 2.02 2.21
Fort McKavet 0.01 0.77 2.10 0.28 3.72 0.15 2.91 0.04 3.86
" Belknap 0.11 1.10 1.42 1.75 4.97 8.33 0.00 0.75 1.53
" Massachusetts,
Northern New
Mexico 3.93 0.24 2.14 2.61 1.53
Fort Kearney 0.23 1.33 1.87 2.56 4.15 5.40 3.51 1.18 4.60
Mean 0.50 0.48 1.55 2.68 6.57 4.36 5.07 2.62 1.83
Fort Laramie 0.18 0.40 0.80 3.98 4.46 3.67 3.26 1.27 1.60
Mean 0.27 0.71 1.37 1.93 5.39 2.95 1.83 0.92 1.33
Fort Ridgley 1.20 0.01 1.18 2.83 6.84 2.70 2.49 2.28 2.58
" Snelling 0.72 0.03 1.03 2.51 4.30 3.31 3.92 1.75 6.55
Mean 0.73 0.52 1.30 2.14 3.17 3.63 4.11 3.18 3.32
Fort Ripley 0.67 0.03 0.79 0.97 4.34 3.68 0.62 1.69 4.40
Mean 0.86 0.37 1.80 1.42 3.09 5.15 5.20 2.27 4.92
Fort Mackinac 2.59 1.23 1.56 1.04 2.65 6.35 5.67 4.26 3.22
Mean 1.25 0.82 1.14 1.21 2.32 2.81 3.20 2.87 2.97
Fort Brady 2.49 1.18 1.34 2.14 3.61 1.23 3.21 3.86 3.18
Mean 1.84 1.13 1.37 1.83 2.24 2.83 3.73 3.39 4.33
Fort Niagara 1.63 2.52 1.87 2.25 3.90 1.71 4.08 1.52 2.61
Mean 2.25 1.89 2.12 2.20 2.55 3.28 3.49 3.04 3.95

But the belt of trade continued its progress to the west and north, and
during the months of July and August the drought extended in both
directions, reaching, in August, from Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and
South Carolina, to the Lakes, and from the Rocky Mountains to the
Atlantic. Its position is shown by the following cut, and the position of
the belt of precipitation by the following table.

[Illustration]

TABLE VII.

_Situation of the focus of Precipitation in July and August._

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_New Mexico._