Nov. % 1885) NATURE = 
2nd in Glencoe, twelve miles di 
isible, the heavy rains doubt 
ail down bili; indeed, excep 
be — is wholly bare of soil for the last 
of Glen Nevis seen from our position was clear of | being i 
cloud and mist, but in a brief space of time, not exceeding | anywhe 
five seconds, a dense mict suddenly filled the whole i 
breadth of the glen, the upper limit of the cloud-fog 
being only a linle lower than the level of our position. 
These facts point to ascensionz] movements in the atmo- 
sphere over Ben Nevis, which in all probabilit ee ase comeed 
by the temnpera‘ure of the surface of the mountain being 
higher than that of the enveloping atmos shies exe at ti 
same —— These ascensiona]l m ovements are dis 
— ng influences on the winds prevailing on 
but Spec ly 2 at the top, the result F 
cently diffic uit, if not impossibl 
Cue to the ex- 
shown by thenemarkably we 
stium a ae oom ae ieyntam, 
ble, to say what the true 
irection of the wind is, as it is found to blow from all a spec of Sazzfrage stz 
points of the compass within the space of z 1 here was grow 
In the accompanying sketch (Fig E 
given a faithful representation of the 
of the summit. This plateau 
the difference of level between z t 
aves not exceed ten feet. It throu sghout strewn to a 
depth of about four feet, with blocks of feist me lava 
volcanic agglomerates, nearly all tilted up tos 
7 
few m 
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e only mode of progression is ae the s 
of the stone These blocks rent frou 
of the mountain itself, the nearest rock reser 
THE ELECTRIC TRAMWAY 
() NE of the most interes ting si 
the Exhibition at Paris is 
ut is.a practical evidence of the 
conductors. How then, in these condition 
of the carriage conne cted with the fixed ¢ gen 
in the Exhibition at the Palais de I Ind 
the problem which MM. Boistel and S 
neers of Messrs, Siemens, have completely 
