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A. E. Verrill — The Bermuda Islands. 



Comparative Tables of Daily Observations for February and 



March, 1900 and 1901. 



I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. T. G. Gosling, of Hamilton, 

 for the following tables, which throw considerable light on the con- 

 dition of the temperature and winds just before and at the time of 

 the mortalit} T of the fishes in 1901, as compared with similar tables 

 in 1900. It will be seen that the averages are decidedly lower in 

 1901. But evidently the most significant point is the great pre- 

 dominance of Northwest winds in 1901, for there are 42 cases, as 

 against 19 in 1900. Such winds not only cause a fall of temperature 

 in the air, but they bring in currents of cold water from the north- 

 ward, and from deep water, if long continued, as the}' were in Feb- 

 ruary, 1901. 



The observations were made at 10 a.m.; 12 m. ; and 3 p.m. 





