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two ; but in the north, we understand, few are to be 

 found. 



The idea of R. 0. that the yew-tree afforded its branches 

 instead of palms for the processions on Palm Sunday is a 

 good one, and deserves attention. See Gent. Hag., vol. 

 1. p. 128. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 



BAROMETER. 



NOVEMBER 22nd, 1768. A remarkable fall of the barometer 

 all over the kingdom. At Selborne we had no wind, and 

 not much rain ; only vast, swagging, rock-like clouds 

 appeared at a distance. WHITE. 



PARTIAL FROST. 



The country people, who are abroad in winter mornings 

 long before sunrise, talk much of hard frosts in some spots, 

 and none in others. The reason of these partial frosts is 

 obvious, for there are at such times partial fogs about : 

 where the fog obtains, little or no frost appears ; but where 

 the air is clear, there it freezes hard. So the frost takes 

 place either on hill or in dale, wherever the air happens to 

 be dearest and freest from vapour. WHITE. 



