244 NOTES UN ROCKS. 



Near Fourshire Stone. 

 Coal Measure Sandstone, with Stigmaria ficoides. 

 Amygdaloidal Greenstone. 

 Chalcedony. 

 Agate. 



Metamorphosed Slate. 

 Saccharoid Millstone Grit. 



Ebrington Hill to Campden, via Lonc.lands. 

 White Quartz and Jasper are abundant, with some Slate 

 and Flint. 



METEOROLOGY OF THE MIDLANDS 



THE WEATHER OF JULY AND AUGUST, 1881. 



BY CLEMENT L. WRAGGE, F.R.G.S., F.M.S., ETC. 



July (see table in last number, page 221) was dry, with a high average 

 temperature, and is in singular contrast with July, 1879. The period 

 of heat, from the 4th to the 18th — with the sudden, temporary 

 depression of temperature on the 7th and 8th — forms a most striking 

 feature ; and the succeeding cold period, from the l'Jth to tbe 31st, 

 contrasted with the previous extraordinarily high readings, is equally 

 remarkable. The barometer oscillated considerably throughout ; yet 

 its range, in accordance with summer conditions, was not wide. 

 The chief depressions crossed on the 6th, 26th, and 31st. The 

 crest following the disturbance of the 26th brought a grass frost on the 

 28th, which did much damage to tender crops. At Marlborough the 

 terrestrial radiation thermometer registered 28-0, and beans and young 

 potatoes suffered severely. The solar radiation instrument, at Burton, 

 registered 147° on the 18th. The hay harvest was well gathered, but 

 the crops appear to have been liglit and thin. In the west of Scotland 

 the great heat was not experienced ; and the rainfall was excessive. 

 The total fall on Ben Nevis amounted to 15-186in., and that at Fort 

 William to 10-880in. The sea temperature at Scarborough was 65-9. 

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August contrasted greatly with July. The first week proved fine 

 and warm, but the remainder of the month was characterised by 

 extremely wet, cold, and inclement weather; rain falling incessantly. 

 Eight well-marked barometric depressions crossed our islands, viz., 

 on the 5th, 8th, 13th, 17th, L9th, 24th, 26th, and 29th, tbe deepest 

 being that of the 26th. At Stroud the rainfall was nearly ten times 

 more than in August, 1880 ; and at Orleton the mean temperature was 

 nearly 2£ c below the average, lower than that of any August since 1860. 

 Duration of sunshine at Hodsock 11 79 hours. Mean sea temperature 

 at Scarborough 55*0. The grain in places suffered severely, and from 

 Shropshire the potato disease is reported as appearing at Bishop's 

 Castle. 



