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faint squeak. I fed them with raw meat, egg, and bread. When the 

 food was offered them they took no notice, but, on having it put into 

 their mouths, they swallowed it greedily. They showed their hunger by 

 shuffling about and flapping their wings. After food I fancy they slept. 

 Occasionally a whirring noise was produced by rapidly shaking the 

 feathers of the wing. On the 30th one of them flew across the room on 

 being thrown up ; and on the evening of the 31st it raised itself and 

 flew round once. I then caught it, when it screamed almost like the 

 old ones. I took them out on to the lawn and threw them up ; one went 

 off immediately, flying round low down at first ; the other fell once, but 

 went off well the next time, and I saw them no more. Thus, in three 

 days from being almost belpless, they were able to fly strongly and well. 

 — Oliver V. Aplin, Bodicote, Oxon, August 10th, 1880. 



A Dog's Hundred Mile Journey. — A correspondent sends the 

 following anecdote : — A Mr. Donovan, of Richmond Street, Toronto, 

 recently forwarded by rail to a friend living a hundred miles away north, a 

 valuable dog. On its arrival it was kept chained up until it was thought 

 to be thoroughly familiar with the place and people. On being released 

 from its fastening, the dog made for the road, and was seen no more in 

 that section of the country. The disappointed owner made Mr. Donovan 

 acquainted with the fact, and the dog was supposed to be lost. One week 

 after the receipt of the letter conveying the news, the dog made his 

 appearance in front of Mr. Donovan's house, and his delight on gaining 

 his old familiar quarters knew no bounds. The wanderer had never 

 been out of the city before, and, as his journey northward was made by 

 rail, it is a matter of wonder how he ever found his way back. 



New Meteorological Station. — By the kind permission of Colonel 

 Bromley Davenport, to whom my best acknowledgments are due, I 

 established, on July 1st, under the auspices of the Meteorological Society, 

 a meteorological and climatological station on the top of Beacon Stoop, 

 Weaver Hills, 1,205ft. above mean sea level, and the highest point in 

 Staffordshire. This new station is chiefly for investigating the increase 

 of temperature, in some cases with altitude ; and for elucidating the 

 peculiarities of climate existing at and between hill and valley 

 stations. Hence it " works with " the climatological readings and 

 observations at my meteorological observatory at Farley, 643ft. 

 above the sea, from which it is distant two miles north-east, and with 

 my climatological station at Oakamoor, in the Churnet Valley, 350ft. 

 above sea level, and barely a mile west by north from Farley. The 

 elements of observation on Beacon Stoop are, of course, exactly similar 

 to those of the same set at Farley and Oakamoor, and comprise the 

 maximum and minimum temperatures by self-registering instruments, 

 and hygrometrical readings from dry and wet bulb thermometers, just 

 received, verified from Kew, and expossd in Stevenson's screen 4ft. 

 above the grass ; also rainfall, earth temperature from surface to 2ft., 

 wind, cloud, hydrometeors, and ozone. I am working Farley and Beacon 

 Stoop with my assistant, and therefore we take turns in walking to the 

 Weaver Hills for nine a.m. daily observations, (local time,) in rough 

 weather an arduous undertaking. The climatological values on Beacon 

 Stoop, at Farley, and Oakamoor, are taken at the same instant, and the 

 plan of exposure at each place is precisely the same. Mr. E. Kettle, 

 the station-master, is my observer at the latter place, and for his kind 

 co-operation I have also to express my best acknowledgments. The 

 temperature of the Churnet is taken at nine a.m., and that of the rivulets 

 (tributaries of the Churnet) between Farley and the Weaver Hills is 

 " meaned" to nine a.m., taken at fixed times on the way to the hill station, 

 and again on the return journey. Thus is ensured, if only for a few 



