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mention of the map, and yet this wonderful instrument has been in existence, 

 here in the United States since 1870. At first, however, it was necessarily crude, 

 but about 1876, or thereabout, it had reached quite a degree of perfection, and 

 yet the persons whom the world would have thought would have been the most 

 eager to seek revelations from it were the very ones to neglect it and continue 

 to publish works upon the general subject, "physical geography" with little or 

 no attention to this all important branch which alone can impart the necessary 

 information. 



Physical geography so far as it pertains to meteorology, without the knowl- 

 edge that may be derived from the Weather-Map, is comparatively of no value, 

 and at this age of the world better be dropped altogether. 



The Weather-Map is a most peculiar thing. It does not reveal its secrets 

 Hke a book, or even like a picture ; for this reason few pay much attention to it, 

 and therefore fail to see and perceive the wisdom that it imparts. It must be 

 followed up, day by day, week by week, month by month, year by year ; and as 

 it is never twice alike — always different — showing the dominant force in nature 

 for the time being, these forces never bearing the same relation to each other — 

 man can study this wonderful Geography of the Atmosphere for all time, and to 

 the end of time continue the study ; and then, after all this study, the changes 

 which take place will be as new and fresh to him as the next new face he meets 

 in his daily walk. Although physical geography should include meteorology, by 

 reason of the map, the sub-department becomes independent and all important 

 by itself. We will study physical geography when we wish to know about the 

 terrestrial conditions which surround us but when we wish to know something of 

 what we may term the middle stratum, the bridge between earth and heaven, we 

 will consult the Weather-Map. This is speaking of things as we find them to-day. 

 The physical geography of the future, however, will include this. The great 

 wonder, however, is that those who are authors and publishers of physicalgeog- 

 raphy have so long ignored so much light, and the only medium whereby light 

 and information could be gained on so important a subject. All persons should 

 be informed in regard to the Weather-Map, and all intelligent people should be 

 able to know something practical about a storm, when it is approaching, from 

 what quarter, when and how it is likely to clear off, and more than this, should 

 be able to protect themselves against all impostors, and all silly, erroneous, and 

 superstitious sayings on this subject. And, by-the-way, there is no department 

 of nature so replete with these sayings, as the weather, for the simple reason, as 

 seen in all departments of human knowledge, where there is darkness then will 

 there be all degrees of foolishness, from the harmless to that which is most injuri- 

 ous. When man has no real knowledge he readily resorts to the imagination, 

 and the lower his nature and the greater his ignorance, the lower his conceptions 

 of cause and effect. 



The Weather-Map with its wonderful revelations came late to the world, yet 

 the authors of our physical geographies should have been ready to receive it 

 when it came, but they were not. Their influence by this time might have added 



