THE CLIMATE OF IRELAND. 



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^proportionately good crop on high-farmed land than 

 on land in worse condition. This is the difficulty. 

 The temperature is high enough, according to re- 

 ceived views, to grow wheat or oats well. But they 

 do not grow well. Mr. Buchan's explanation is 

 probably the true one. 



There is no series of accurate observations for any 

 long number of years extant. I have been favoured 

 by Mr. R H. Scott, Director of the Meteorological 

 Department, London, with the following Table : 



TABLE I. MEAN MONTHLY BAROMETRICAL PRESSURE 

 and TEMPERATURE at VALENCIA and CORK. 



NOTE. The barometric values for Valencia are obtained from 

 values kept in the Meteorological Office. All the other averages 

 are comDuted by Mr. Buchan and published by him. 



