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there was one young fisherman who disregarded the 

 warning which induced the older men to stay at home, 

 and he put out in his boat ; the others felt ashamed not 

 to follow him, and the consequence was that nearly one 

 hundred fishing boats put off into the North Sea, and 

 met with the disaster which he had mentioned. He 

 believed that barometers were now generally established 

 in fishing villages, but it was much to be regretted that 

 there were so few stations on the western coast for, 

 affording intimation of storms. Mr. Scott had mentioned 

 there was no station between Stornoway and Ardrossan, 

 a distance of about two hundred miles. Ben Nevis was 

 the highest mountain in Great Britain, and the Scottish 

 Meteorological Society were now endeavouring to raise 

 a fund to establish a permanent observatory on that 

 important point. He was happy to say that out of 

 ^5000 necessary, ^"4000 had already been raised, he 

 having obtained within the last few days a considerable 

 subscription from the Corporation of London, and he 

 trusted this example would be of service in obtaining 

 the remainder of the sum. He was aware of the proposal 

 to establish moored ships in the Atlantic from which 

 signals might be sent, but, as his brother, Admiral Milne, 

 had pointed out, it would be practically impossible to 

 moor a vessel with an iron cable in 1200 fathoms. There 

 was however a rock called Rockall, about two hundred 

 miles from the west coast of Ireland, a most dangerous 

 rock, upon which, if a lighthouse were erected, it would be 

 of service, not only in preventing shipwreck, but also in 

 forwarding signals. 



Mr. SHE WARD concurred in the suggestion just made. 

 Not long ago a most destructive storm visited London, 

 of which no warning whatever had been given, which he 



