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_ descending in the evening we were so fortunate as to witness a slight 
Helm. We left Kirkland at 3-45 p.m., when the temperature of 
the air was 65°, the wind blowing lightly from the North-north-east. 
At 5 p.m. we were 1,950 feet above sea-level, the temperature 
being 57°, and the wind blowing steadily from North-north-east, 
force 4. By 6 p.m. we had reached 2,670 feet above sea-level, 
_ when the temperature was 52°. We gained the summit, 2,900 feet 
7 _aboye sea-level, at 6-40 p.m., a few minutes before a mist came on 
7 and obscured the view on ie east side of the Fell. The air was 
colder and damper, and the wind stronger; the temperature was 
46°, and the wind North-north-east, force 5. 
_ Fig. 1 gives a section of Cross Fell, with the temperatures 
observed during the ascent from Kirkland to the summit of the 
: mountain. 
Fic. 1. 
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1885. 
; SECTION OF CROSS FELL WITH TEMPERATURE OSSERVATIONS, 
Horizontal Scale about 1 in. to 7,000 ft. Vertical Scale about 1 in. to 2,000 ft. 
The misty cloud soon covered the top of the Fell, and as we 
descended the wind increased in force till it reached force 6. 
_ About 8 p.m. we saw the Helm Bar suspended in mid-aira little 
Below our level, but away apparently over Melmerby, Ousby, 
Kirkland, Milburn, &c. The Bar was really in two parts, there 
being a decided clear space between them. The northern portion 
_ Of the bar had a tendency to move southwards, while the southern 
portion had a tendency to move northwards. The middle of the 
