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a favourable scene for the occupation of drawing. I have, 

 however, copied a few crystals, which attracted my observa- 

 tion, and which I will show you. Captain Scoresby, in his 



CRYSTALS OF SNOW. 



very interesting work on the whale fishery, has, if I recollect 

 right, a considerable number represented : but it is many 

 years since I saw that work, and I have no opportunity of 

 referring to it. 



C — I am surprised that I never observed them before. 



F. — Several circumstances must combine to produce a 

 favourable occasion for viewing them : if there is any current 

 of mild air, through which they pass, they become soft and 



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