866 Mr. J. Glaisher's Remarks on the Weather. 



its apex reached to the Pleiades, and its north side passed by 

 u Arietis and y Pegasi ; its south side passed by r; and /3 Celi. 

 The sun seemed to be in the centre of its base ; its axis was 

 coincident with the ecliptic. The light seemed to move north- 

 ward as it was going down with the stars. 



Snow fell at Saffron Walden on January 3 ; at Manchester 

 and Stonyhurst on the 4th ; at many places on the 5th ; at 

 Uckfield, Holkham, Liverpool and Oxford, on the 6th; at 

 Birmingham on the 7th ; at Uckfield and Saffron Walden on 

 the 8th ; on every day from the 9th to the 22nd it fell at 

 many places ; at times it was falling all over the country ; on 

 the 26th it was falling at many places; and on the 31st at 

 Shap, Darlington, Manchester, Leeds and Nottingham. On 

 February 7 at Glasgow, Lanark and Saffi'on Walden ; on the 

 12th at Glasgow, Lanark, Shap, Stone, Hartwell, Norwich, 

 Manchester, Hawarden, Saffi'on Walden and Nottingham; 

 and on the 13th at Whitby. From February 14- to March 15 

 no snow fell ; on March 1 5 it fell at Hartwell ; on the 1 7th 

 at Holkham and Saffron Walden ; on the 27th at Holkham, 

 Leeds and York ; from the 23rd to the 27th it fell at many 

 places on every day ; on the 23rd and 26th it was falling all over 

 the country from Guernsey to Edinburgh. On the 27th at 

 many places from the south coast to Stonyhurst; on the 28th 

 at Derby, Leeds and Durham ; and on the 29th at Leeds. 



Frost at various places on January 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 

 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31 ; February 4, 

 7, 12, 13; March 4, 12, 13, 18, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 31. 



The directio7i of the iioijid at Greenxvich was south-west till 

 January 5, passing at the rate of 86 miles daily ; it was north- 

 east from January 6 to January 21, passing at the rate of 80 

 miles daily; it was mostly south-west from January 21 to 

 March 7, with an average daily motion of 155 miles; and from 

 March 8 the direction was variable with an average motion of 

 70 miles. 



The valuable series of observations taken at many of the 

 railway stations, and published daily in the Daily News, has 

 continued with great regularity. The working of this scheme 

 requires the assistance of all the railways. This has been most 

 liberally given by every company with the exception of the 

 East Lancashire, and Lancashire and Yorkshire, which com- 

 panies alone have declined to join in this work of great utility. 



All the particulars received by this means and from various 

 other sources I lay on a map daily, from which the following 

 tables and remarks have been formed. 



