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Lessons in Nature Study. 



shadow ends. We will leave it there for a long time. It 

 will tell us something after a while. Now let us observe the 

 vane. In what direction is the wind blowing ? From what 

 direction is it coming ? How do we name winds ? Yes, 

 they are named from the direction in which they blow. 

 What shall we name this wind ? Yes, it is a northeast wind. 

 Does it blow light or heavy ? Notice the clouds, their color 

 and kind. Are there many clouds ? Now observe the ther- 

 mometer. What does it tell us ? 



We will now fill up a line in our little book, putting. the 

 date in column i, then temperature, etc. Under " Wind " 

 put such words as N., N.E., E., S.E., S., S.W., and W.; 

 under "Amount," light, heavy, moderate, strong, calm, 

 clear, fair, cloudy, very cloudy ; and under " Shadow " put 

 its length in feet and inches. Thus the record taken at 

 Chatham public school for the school-days of the month of 

 December, 1894, was : 



WEATHER RECORD FOR DECEMBER, 1894. 



