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different altitudes: — On the tower of Westminster Abbey 

 it was 12 inches; on the top of a neighbouring house it 

 was 18 inches; but on the level of the ground adjacent it 

 was 22 inches, or nearly double that on the tower. We 

 have a difference of nearly 700 feet between the hills and 

 the lowlands of this district, and it would be useful as well 

 as curious to ascertain if similar effects would result 

 here. Again, at the approach of winter, we see the 

 snow capping the hills in this vicinity, while our fields 

 continue as green as usual, and when we are covered with 

 snow we often find the Weald or the Marsh almost 

 entirely free. These effects must result from difference in the 

 temperature, which it might be useful to analyze. I throw 

 out these hints for consideration at a future time. I could 

 have enlarged further on the subject of this paper, but I 

 should have ti'ied your patience too much at this period of 

 the day, and in conclusion, let me apologise for my inability 

 to do justice to the subject I have chosen ; but man has yet 

 much to learn of the wonderful harmony of the universe. 

 The seasons revolve at the fiat of the Almighty, the laws 

 of nature are his laws, and it is our duty to study them. 

 If I have succeeded in inducing any of you to investigate 

 these subjects further, I shall feel satisfied with myself. I 

 may have drawn some wrong conclusions, but they are the 

 result of continued observation, and I shall be pleased in 

 being informed where your judgment may have had better 

 opportunities of arriving at more just conclusions. I am 

 obliged by your indulgence and thank you for your attention. 

 Captain Cox, who exhibited some beautiful specimens, 

 nest responded to the invitation of the chairman, and 

 offered a few interesting remarks on the nautilus. The 

 shells by whigh his observations were illustrated had been 

 carefully cut into sections, and showed how the little crea- 

 ture was formed to exist without injury when exposed to 

 the most furious storms, together with the difference be- 

 tween the nautilus as it existed formerly and as found at 

 the present time. He said he could not possibly foresee, 

 when he left home, that they would have so large and in- 



