THE WEATHER CYCLE 



and invariable 

 cycle of change. 

 Even the records 

 may be apparently 

 falsified ; two sets 

 of heavy Christ- 

 mas storms may 

 fall into one year's 

 record, and miss 

 3 the alternate ye'ar 

 < altogether ; even 

 1 the same storm 

 i at ,the passage of 

 ^ the year may fall 

 ^ into different years 

 5 in different parts 

 !s of the country. 

 * The surprising 

 | fact in rainfall 

 | statistics ' is that 

 | the cycle should 

 ^ be as marked as 

 g it is ; but we can- 

 | not hope to recog- 

 Q nise it unless we 

 ^ separate the vari- 

 " ous elements in 

 the rainfall. For 

 instance, we have 

 already seen (fig 6) 

 that the variations 

 in the Melbourne 



