METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 171 
before. Lime water required 390 measures for neutraliza- 
tion. Tested that in the receivers at 5 pm. of the 8th 
instant ; thermometer 75°. This required 210 measures of 
the acid for neutralization, leaving 180 for carbonic acid, 
being double that before, or about 1 in 3920. 
EXPERIMENT Iv.—October llth; 43 pm. Collected air 
as before; there had been much rain during the day, but 
it was fine and calm after 3 p.m.; thermometer 773°. In 
this case the lime water took 375 measures for neutraliza- 
tion. Tested that in the receivers on the 18th; thermo- 
meter 75°. The 1500 grains in the receiver required 280 
erains for neutralization, leaving 95 for carbonic acid gas. 
In the experiments 1, 2 and 4, the gas is consequently 
about 1 in 8000 ; and in the 8rd 2 partsin 8000. In the 3rd 
the receiver was out during the rain, but so placed as to 
prevent its entrance. The air in 2 and 4 had traversed the 
small island of St. David’s, distant perhaps 1} of a mile, 
thinly inhabited, and thence the inlet of the sea, St. George’s 
Harbour. 
The acid was pure, brought out with me for particular 
experiments. 
Looking to the general result, and in number 3, the 
quantity being double, inaccuracy of observation of the 
measures might possibly have led to the differences. 
_MISCELLANEOUS NOTES, ETC. 
AIR-BLOWN Fisa.—It is the custom of Bermuda fishermen, 
when they take large fish, such as Groupers and Rock fish, 
to pass a small rope through their gills and tow them alive 
into port. The fish thus brought to market are almost 
