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moor above Easter Shian ; and about this date there was curling 

 in Peeblesshire. From the latter end of October till the middle of 

 December was fine in Islay, and, indeed, in most parts. In Islay, 

 in December there was stormy weather, which culminated in the 

 storm of the 28th. Since then the weather remained fine up to 

 end of January. 



Nov. 1st. — Up to this time the weather continued generally 

 fine, with an occasional wet day, and crops were well garnered. 

 Local falls of snow whitened the hills in parts of the west coast — 

 Ardnamurchan, Morven, &c. ; and frosts occurred at nights about 

 this time, but did not continue. 



Nov. 11th and 12th. — A strong gale from the N.W. affected the 

 N.W. and W. coasts, and part of the east coast. Very large 

 hailstones fell in Ardnamurchan on the 11th.* 



This cleared off to frost on the 13th and 14th, on which day 

 there was fully J inch of ice on still water on Larbert Pond, 

 Stirlingshire, and f inch of ice upon the puddles on the road. 

 Frost continued all day, and there was curling in places on the 

 14th. On the 15th, however, the frost lifted, and was followed 

 on the 1 7th by heavy rain and gale of wind, succeeded by milder 

 weather until the 27th, when keen frost set in at night, and lasted 

 till the morning of the 9th December. During this time the 

 frost was more intense than any we had in the previous winter. 

 The Clyde was covered with ice from side to side on the 3rd 

 December, and on the morning of the 2nd the thermometer 

 registered 11° of frost. Labour was suspended in neighbourhood 

 of Jedburgh by 8 inches of snow, and sledges were in use, instead 

 of tramway cars, in Aberdeen. Hard frost in central Scotland, 

 without snow. Snow general over N. and S. of Scotland. 



This was the same date that ushered in the severe winter of 

 1878-79 with a snow-storm [see First Report, supra, p. 130], 



Dense fogs on Clyde, Glasgow, and other parts of central 

 Scotland. Navigation in the Clyde an "utter impossibility." 

 Fog in the Gareloch. The weather in the Channel Islands intensely 

 cold. Thermometer in central Scotland registered from 19° to 

 22° of frost. The following is an extract from report issued by 



* For account of this gals see daily papers of Thursday, November 13th, 

 1S79, Scotsman, &c. — trees torn up, shipping damaged, &c, &c. — on which 

 day I crossed over from Glenborrodale, in Ardnamurchan, to Tobermory, 

 in Mull, and was glad to get on solid ground again at the latter locality. 



