1853.] 



COMPARISON OP TEMPERATURES. 



239 



We have experienced the month nearly divided be- 

 tween intense cold and (to us) intense heat ! Between 

 the 16th and 26th we experienced a change to a mean 

 on ten consecutive days of -|-5'593 , and on seven con- 

 secutive days +10'627, the maximum being +24, mi- 

 nimum 17. 



I take leave of it, and bequeath it as a legacy to the 

 speculative theorist at home. 



