Receiving to Give Again 



fairness of mind and judgment to do it de- 

 pendably. 



It is in my power to tell of a record which has 

 been kept, steadily, carefully, perseveringly, by 

 an English lady during many years, and to give 

 the results at which she arrived. Without being 

 strictly scientific she was I have to say "was," 

 since she has passed from our midst accurate, 

 regular, conscientious, and fair-minded. For all 

 this I can vouch from personal knowledge. At 

 the same time that she kept records of the 

 weather, she registered day by day the readings 

 of her thermometer and the daily amount of 

 rainfall. With the two latter we are not now 

 concerned. 



Her method as to weather-registration was 

 as follows. Four marks were used : X for a 

 thoroughly fine day ; V for a day in which fine 

 and dull mingled, but in which the fine pre- 

 dominated ; I for a day in which again the two 

 mingled, but in which the dull or rain had the 

 best of the matter ; and O for a day which could 

 only be described as decidedly bad. 



Of course many days occur which it is difficult 

 to assign to either class, especially of the two 

 middle divisions. But a constant endeavour was 

 made to keep a fair proportion. If one doubtful 



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