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valley. In Wieseu which is south of the gorge of the Zuge, 

 near the main mountain masses^ the valley wind seems to 

 have a frequent or prevailing direction from the south. As 

 the Swiss meteorological observations are now only printed 

 in most cases as monthly means, it is very difficult to make 

 any detail comparisons, but through the courtesy of the pastor 

 who takes the observations in Wiesen I was, however, able 

 to see some of the March figures, and the direction of the 

 wind was mostly the reverse of that in Davos and the days 

 that I have been there this has been the case. Further 

 comparison must however be made. 



It does not seem to some people that places within 20 

 miles can really be as different as they are, and this cannot 

 be thoroughly understood without fully taking into con- 

 sideration the winds and their origin, but when it is seen 

 how much they depend upon the neighbouring configuration 

 then it can be appreciated. 



Those who know Davos are well aware that there are 

 great complaints as to the depressing influence of the fohn 

 (or perhaps more properly fon) wind, but whether this ic 

 due to the first change, or whether — which I think is more 

 probable — the most depressing time is when the real fohn 

 is over and when the air is becoming damper is a question 

 of great importance yet to be solved. 



The fohn is the favonius of the Romans, and is now in 

 the Engadine favoun, and when residing in that valley I took 

 a good deal of trouble to find out whether the conception of 

 the favoun was a definite one among the inhabitants, and 

 found that while most associated the direction with the 

 warm wind, there were some who would call any warm 

 snow melting wind in the spring favoun. 



Among the visitors the term is used very loosely, and 

 much is attributed to the fohn which has nothing to do 

 with it, nor is it scientifically a very satisfactory term. 

 Dove, Hann, and others have long since shown that the 



