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this is an almost impossible limit in hot weather, and a few 

 casualties are then unavoidable. Spring and autumn are the 

 best seasons to commence, though I should give the preference 

 to autumn, as it is much easier to keep specimens through 

 the winter than the summer, and, moreover, most animals are 

 more readily obtained. About August and September the 

 sea swarms with life of all sorts, and many species which are 

 at other seasons difficult to obtain may be captured between 

 tide-marks. 



In the course of the discussion which followed Mr. Brooks 

 remarked that in Cornwall poachers frequently use craba 

 instead of fen-ets, sending them down the rabbit-holes, with 

 short pieces of lighted candle on their backs, to drive the 

 rabbits out. 



Mr. W. H. Tyndall read a paper as follows : — 



Meteoeology, Oxford Eoad, Kbdhill, 1885. 



The Meteorology of 1885 does not present any marked 

 features beyond the unusual drought of July and August. 



The number of days on which rain fell in July was only 

 four, amounting altogether to less than J in., 0-21, whereas 

 the average number of days on which rain fell in July during 

 the last 19 years was 13-2, and the average amount 2*53 in. 



In August the number of days on which rain fell was 11, 

 and the total quantity 0*99 in., the average number of days 

 during the last 19 years for August being 14, and the average 

 quantity for the month 2-50 in. 



No rain fell for 12 days from June 25th to July 6th ; and 

 again none for 7 days from the 12th to 18th of July ; and for 

 16 days from July 20th to August 4th. 



September, October, and November compensated for the 

 drought of July and August. May, which is usually a dry 

 month, had 3-46 in. of rain to its credit. 



There were four heavy falls of rain : — 



On Sept. 7th, 1-01 in. Oct. 23rd, 1-08 in. 



„ 10th, 1-37 in. Nov. 18fch, 0-97 in. 



