Name of Observer:  Peter Custis

Location:  Red River, LA

Latitude and Longitude:  Travel diary from 31.2 to 32.7 degrees latitude, 
at about 93.06 degrees longtitude.

Elevation:

Source of Record:  Southern Counterpart to Lewis and Clark (D.L. Flores, ed.) 
University of Oklahoma Press, pp.335-344, 1984. Available from publisher
via http://www.oupress.com/

Start/End Dates of Record:  May 2-Sept. 8, 1806

Continuous (Yes/No)?:  Yes

Temporal Coverage of Record: 4 months

Resolution:  daily

Type of Observation:  Instrmental with verbal remarks

Number and Timing of Fixed Observations per Day:  Three - before sunrise, 
3 pm, 8-9 pm

Variables Measured:  Temperature (F) and Wind Direction 

Any Remarks on Record:  Custis has a medical and natural history background 
from Pennsylvania.  Took advice on conducting measurements from W. Dunbar.  
Observations from Aug. 29 made at Natchitoches.