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cliased, he invariably took the hedge. Some three months since 

 he strayed to North-hill, and from thence to Sibblyback, where 

 he fed and ran with the colts. The stag is described by a farmer 

 who has seen him, as about the size of a yearling bullock, of a 

 reddish-brown colour, with a large pair of horns. 



Mr. H. Michell Whitley, F.G.S., hon. sec, then read a paper on 

 " The silting up of the creeks of Falmouth Haven," which is 

 printed in the present number of the Journal, p. 12. 



In the discussion which followed, Dr. Barham referred to the 

 beach formed outside the Falmouth Hotel, which being dredged 

 from the harbour, and being coraline sand, showed that in that 

 portion but little mud had been deposited ; the contents of the 

 barges were discharged about a quarter of a mile from the shore, 

 and the beach had been thrown up by wave action upon the sand. 



Dr. Jago mentioned that the coialine beach did not extend 

 beyond Gyllyngvase ; all to the westward being Swanpool gravel. 

 With regard to the silting up of the harbour, whilst there 

 appeared to be only shells in the roads, the inner harbour had 

 shoaled considerably between Falmouth and Flushing, as he 

 remembered that the old packets used to anchor between the 

 quays. 



A paper was then read from Mr. Whitley, F.M.S., vice- 

 president, on "Sun Spots and Temperature," in which the 

 connection between the two was examined, and the following 

 deductions drawn : — 1st. That there is no regular rise and fall 

 of the curve of temperature at Greenwich during the cycle of 11.11 

 years, corresponding to the minima of sun spots. 2nd. That 

 years of great heat are often followed by years of great cold. 

 3rd. That the mean temperature of the years of maxima of sun 

 spots is one degree below the mean temperature of the whole 

 series of years, and that the years of maxima are above the mean 

 temperature by the same amount. The conclusion arrived at 

 from all the facts of the case, being, that no connection between 

 sun spots and temperature could be traced. 



Dr. Barham, F.M.S., whilst agreeing with the paper that no 

 cycle of recurring high and low temperatures could be made out, 

 suggested examining the maxima temperatures as well as the 

 mean, as the latter did not take into account the range ; with a 

 clear sky there might be a very hot da}^, and a cold night, from 



