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Sometimes rise an and yet wet weather may кч of two years since Mr. STAMP 1 the wind duri ETT 
result; this will occur when the wind changes ы ит Pie e ship-Iosd of its spars to Eu Pope, trembling like a Willow S in hoisti 
from а southerly direction to пог rth- айе, Amongst these were three beautiful pos з, all b slowly а roachi " as i m. 
the latter accompanied by wet, in or snow ; in | upwards of 100 feet, and one 118 8 feet long; this | {о its rest a. m и е zeni sit ful 
these cases the change in the direction of the | Mr. ЅтАмр on his arrival at once E to аа to diio that iin an arrow, and sọ. A 
nd causes the ris the ba ometer; winds | Kew, rounded, ted, and fi ted аз а flagsta t the centre of th wA from tte Я 
coming from that quarter being colder and conse- | Аз with many first attempts, however misfortun wire rigei pel E 
q tly more dense than those from an equatori 1| dogged its course; it length А eat that | all been fixed bolsin т holdin Ing it in iiy 
irection. Long-continued wet 1з usually preceded | the only way of transmitting it to Kew was Ьу |steadying the sl оге, together with о 
by rapid and continuous fall the barometer, a | floating it up the river, and in its transit it was ; and egi 
ris ing the rmom Mitis, and iner reased dam mpness; the | struck in the middle by a river steamer а eut in looking-glass faccté said 
dp SE ating | two. Nothing daun ted, Mr. Srame had the pieces staff, and reflec pom 
saturation a etimes, genera a the summer | floated back to R тау spliced, with the loss fixed to о оаа | 
He ет indioationsof storms will М given у а fall- of only 2 fee length, and ће’ repaired pole | and there loaded A | 
ing baro cain sent up to Kew, w where it was landed and | the spar was final eavy blocks of i 
nothing э it lightning sometimes ‚ being seen in Mese to the foot of a qum nding knoll in the pedition and smart | 
the evening ; in these cases the storm is too far off | Arboretum, on w ich it was intended to erect | proceedings of Ms "1 ы | 
for him to feel its influence, although the disturb-,it. Неге well e for the reception ү essing the f til ч : 
ance created by the storm in the atmosphere has of the butt end, 12 feet deep, bricked all | Fri A NU ч s 
affected his instruments r this reason allow- | round, and well ve абе; a derrick was rigged Wo olw оз BT S wi k 1 
ance кы, ways be mad RS the state of the б, hoisting the spar, under the direction of| Тһе l 
meni me days previous. Аз |0 of the most | experienced men insuch 
thunder clouds rising from the north and north- | to be foun зз: 1А M аа Total length of th | 
rd against the wind do not usually cause ttached above the middle, but| Under ground, in the g= k | 
the approach of thunde and lightning is not эле ыч ЕР the centre of gravity. 'qhe| Erom surface of "E ме 
always foretold b depression Should the atmo- | result showed ade little idea the engineer had of From crosstrees to zo 
sphere be heated much above the average tem- | the magnitude of the ndó ki ji From to mast 1 
T e mag undertaking., The spar was i rigging to truck; s 
perature of the season, ES of ind and|hoisted to the to the derrick, and had n : 
— be expec tisa bad sign when the | sooner assumed its erect position than a puff of Jiameter of truek . : 
n а retrogr rade рете that is, in а kiss "s ung it аа after performing а Jiameter of staff at heel | 
sion d the sun's motion, or from west ёо weep i i er е э айз of чогы? a sia а о i 
east; whe nthis к theonse, theweatherisusually very the за чаа е errick's suppor Г. ess а 
un ust be war st | and the spar came to t the ground on the 8 ope У of fte А ж жеш тнк iple ete, 4- fo , 
d | hill, with a hr dio una dw reaking into Te y- о weighs | t 
pieces; providen e no on: h à Ј 
3 E ipod UN М мас ran urt, and though than 200 years, pe: its total height п 
сњ 5 Лас d shrubs, ot) ig Y 
was меб 
$ T eril E ood eutti 1 
some degree of the thermometer | 3 being in formed of ав disaster, the liberal | ad ві ^ 
рате ойе day's сак answered that he was going again t British | 1n Аай ^ th : 
(dns olumbia, and would gladly send to Kew another | 2 a moderate price, that we d t 
and finer flagstaff. ell did he keep his promise part for once from n 
Mile ber wili eo e of this there arrived at recommending tradesmen. " 
vi o april erhithe for Kew a second spar, fully 40 f 12 months several samples of ka h 
onger than t st, as straight, and of much ha der 
пома ч оне. а landed at Kew free of nothing favourable could be sai h 
rianoe ile = i kei Ie iately transported to the site of break, edges turn, b а 
ecessor. ens measured, раз азр off, a 
: dei oo eaning Ас. t in крй, to badness of workmansh: b 
re Tat of 1 the TD end x iem E nth ps мр ( 
p t to 
ЧЕР nnal Чары which . were A ined about з. N 
; road brown resinous ri i te T 
vel Шаш on its arrival Sir ЖҮР Небере They. a Us wg И : 
t in aring th entea. to Chie 1881 | 7 і j р 
т зс А е 2 eury, à ^ esed of requesting ud ie: сда Рр. by the ex prod - 
i ers standin ӨЕ the р miralty in its. erection, which я 
elevati : s the Ls ] ch was at onoe| workmanship of t Pe 
era ои ot course à A o dE accorded by bis Grace the Duke of SOMERSET, | exce ellent, has now : 
n be sufficiently accurate for all gen 70м Woolwich Dockyard, under the Конаев of -> 
apply, as a correction for заса at sva n Mr. AC, the able inspe f Fs 
l-tenth of an inch for eve y 100 E the makers , under whose skilful di t| а bar jus T ^ 
zj M operation of cleaning and roundin турен са. Тш аа - 
i below subtracted irom the serre readin | fitting it with rigging, and coating i =A — AT НАА у = 
g. position of wax =A , proceeded with Arbres — ON d' Amary. : 
for the mie Ust е "m an pem у, оо : e ata 
ш ute — infallible laws; they reap | matured pr plan ® Tt CN he apar, which” was me aie bts Es er 
е all other gener es. e а f love E 
Lee ave аы resent, мет t hey will be VÀ m bun w - p ned PUN or | Haarlem, aet as igent for the s ha 
ery useful though perhaps not perfe s eir hat intelli = 
Е! : 1 , at intelligent |- IT is announce that | 
- Let it em soit we despise all old р mue ee - experience having taught him the id LE ES оп BOTANY, by B ye 
itis with due ittm ry, many of them are true, and wi dep iuh с swak ledgehs of timber Коши" кай 4 
attention to some of them, t ogether letting ў h v ан s Dan а Gardens at Kow, vU Ses = 
е 4 itselt ery its place, instead of 14th May, an T 
& former Number, that valuable inf = disport itself like a h kly (at . 
maj be диле e = ormation | rod in DA е - shing |Weekly (at 7 
ia concerning approachin weather, n end o air, as its Tem had done. To|until Friday | ы 
No Saran нн ы сее ишн ce 4 "s hill, | the subjects lectured go 
want of timber and spars LA ected to the Placo ; p^ uit end pointin mad са resting d м 
erection of a magnificent flagstaff of the Dot the | the hill to та centre, in th nado rough tho e side of Monday, and Tuesday, мі 
PINE in the Arboretum о Kew i е робота а lay; the latter was ^h dra. hich the The Prizes will be Pm 
ordinary interest. This superb spar, maro M шос саи д the b m ut end | 30th шу. б be 
we believe, jin Euro rope for height par, unrivalled, | propped in its final " e butt strongly devoted chiefly 
ds ig к (nnt. ,and|2d of May, by mea P On Thursday, the M b ы s 
rdens by gs anp STAM Н P. Bs s 23 oyal|about the middle, p stout ropes attached | the Cou of m 
ds "pw R En M те Bias РЕ е oining trees, the flagsta I vos Моеса а |and their istie а history. | E. 
8 0 1 а 
MISMO imd is assuredly ав осигу, е s om the horizontal RÀ the | abundant] illustrated by - wb 
as it towers there im an col ne; and | assembled to witness this E hee on of people had 2 the Gardens, d гај 
twice the elevation of te broken со ice E ration of raising a spar of MNT arvo m у m 2 ms, Din thi ц : 
се cannot lali ӨК: беа, whic A Faen any ciim rain or а nk pes is ойда o all employ 5 
e caused it to snap acr | 
T as Pine (Abies sre, i pe шеш — tho top w err ҮЕ Xd with no г" * 
0 ritish ri CHA iuit чы s а native | ropes, and other precautions —— —— Corr = en “Ап Old om 
proportion E the forests of that а eonsidérable|the strain was felt most NUN мори n as « Vaciogation і А ^ 
Сте а БЫС ан ber-laden | poin the length z e or another Qué = xed laws bY aa 
e aaa тень оа gk with. mage es nd | place, few, I dare say, wi z 
the notice of the colonists as K early attracted | not the slightest 5 ас ауре ОЕ, жуз omer therefore Y ч 
adapted for masts, spars, yard eing especially | appeared рона til ent or contretemps [implying IX 
‚ yards, &e.; and it › Still all the 
1з | а sense of relief when, afte gite rey е Р ba 
, r now waving à Кен th dap 
