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air moving westward or southward, and when the maintenance 
of the N.E. wind was short, so that this is in favour of the view 
that haze is caused by the mixture of winds. It would seem, 
therefore, that it is equally inadvisable to mix your winds as to 
mix your liquors. 
Mr. Russell also gave the ‘“ Results of Observations on Haze 
and Transparency near Haslemere.’’* 
These observations were made at a height of 680 ft. above 
the sea. 
“On fifty-seven days [in the year 1895] the views were 
visible to a distance estimated between twenty-two and forty- 
nine miles.” 
‘« The season of greatest clearness corresponds with that during 
which the upper and lower currents are most similar, and the 
mean temperatures of sea'and land most in agreement.” 
Early rising is not altogether commended, for we are told that 
‘‘the early hours of the morning are, in general, hazy or misty.” 
“The clearest hours . . are about the middle of the day, 
say noon to 3 p.m.” 
‘¢ The clearest winds are those from’’ W.S.W., W., and W.N.W. 
It is not satisfactory to hear that ‘at any distance within one 
hundred miles of London, or of the Black Country, observations 
requiring clear views are likely to be interfered with when the 
wind blows from those localities.” 
K. Mawtey. Shade Temperature.t+ 
Some of the observations were made on his lawn at Croydon 
(pp. 78-80); but I am sorry to say that he has migrated north- 
ward into Herts. 
One may note that the Phenological Observations reported on 
by this author at various times refer to Surrey amongst other 
districts. ; 
R. C. Mossman. The Non-Instrumental Meteorology of Lon- 
don, 1713-1896. } 
Many MSS. Registers are referred to, amongst them one kept 
at iighmond from 1713 to 1745. 
The year of least thunderstorms was 1729, with but one. The 
most (twenty-five) occurred in 1878 and 1880. The foggiest year 
was 1873, with seventy- four fogs. ‘‘The great increase of fog 
during recent years”’ is alas shown. The snowiest winter was 
in 1887, 8, with forty-three days, whilst that of 1862, 3 was 
snowless. 
In the following year this author returned to the subject, with 
two papers under different titles, but with no special reference 
to Surrey. ‘ 
* Quart. Journ. Roy. Meteor. Soc., vol. xxiii, pp. 145-154. 
+ Ibid., p. 69. 
t+ Ibid., pp. 287-298. 
