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ance of which Mr. Scott, of the Meteorological Office, kindly gave his 

 assistance. On Tuesday, May 31, 1881, Mr. Wraggo, with Mr. Living- 

 stone, of the i)iil)lic schools, and nine workmen, ascended the mountain, 

 and the instruments were fixed and secured in their i)r()per positions; 

 and all, including the barometer, were found to be in good working- 

 order. The regular observations began on the following day, June 1, 

 Mr. Wragge being at his post on the top of the Ben, 4,400 feet above 

 the sea at 9 a. m. He remains an hour at the top, and makes three 

 observations, viz, at 9, 9.30, and 10 a. m. Even during the stormy 

 weather of Saturday last the observations were made and the observer 

 back at Fort William at 1.30 p. m., on which occasion the temperature 

 at the top was as low as 28o.0. 



Simultaneous with the Ben Nevis observations a complete series of 

 observations are also ma'de near sea-level by Mrs. Wragge. These ob- 

 servations, together with the observations made at the neighboring 

 stations of Roy Bridge, Corran, Landale, Airds, Lismore, and Dalnas- 

 l)idal (1,400 feet above the sea), will give the data required in dealing 

 with some more important i)robIems in meteorology. {Nature, June, 

 1881, Vol. XXIV, p. 131.) 



The daily observations by ]\Ir. 0. L. Wragge, which ended with Octo- 

 ber- 1881, have been supplemented by those of Mr. Livingstone, wlio has 

 offered to climb to the summit once a month, whenever practicable, 

 during the winter. {Nature, December, 1881, xxv, p. 135.) 



Mr. Livingstone ascended Ben Nevis for the second time ou Satur- 

 day, February 10, 1882. He found the snow much deeper than usual. 

 {Nature, February, 1882, xxv, p. 37-'.) 



Mr. Wragge has made every effort to secure land for a perniaiuMit 

 summit observatory, but thus far without success — meeting with oppo- 

 sition from unexpected quarters. {Nature, March, 1882, xxv, p. 491.) 



The observations on Ben Nevis and at Fort William were recom- 

 menced June 1, 1882. A series of very frequent observations are made 

 at Fort William from 5 a. m. to 9 i). m., simultaneous with those taken 

 by Mr. Wragge ou his ascent and descent. Self-recording thermome- 

 ters, spectroscopes, and actinometers and additional rain-gauges have 

 been i)rovided. {Nature, June, 1882, xxvi, p. 112.) 



Mr. Wragge has established a subsidiary station at Stafford where 

 full series of observations will be made at 9 a. m. daily. On the morn- 

 ing of July 23 Mr. Wragge found that wanton mischief had been done 

 to some of the instruments at the intermediate stations of Itedburu Cross- 

 ing, and he appeals to the public to co-operate with the attempt to pre- 

 vent such wantonness. {Nature, August, 1882, xxvi, p. 330.) 



The Swedish Government has decided to send a scieiitific exi)edition 

 to Mossel Bay, for the purjwse of collecting meteorological information. 

 The expediti(Jii will be directed bj' Captain Malmberg, and will have to 

 remain during the summer of 1882 and the winter of 1883 in order to 

 obtain the observations of the entire vear. Mossel Bav is situated to 



