AND FROM SOME LONDON LAW COURTS. 183 



duiced on the external senses^ and then on the spirits, and 

 on the state of the whole mind. With some persons 

 the exhilaration is greater than suits the health in other 

 respects. 



When we look at the analysis of the air from the island 

 of Antigua we find some loss of oxygen ; this corresponds 

 to the outer circle of Manchester during dry weather, but 

 not quite equal to the same in wet weather. In Antigua 

 the morning was showery when the specimens were taken 

 — April nth, 1865, at 9 a.m. 



It is interesting and important to know that we can 

 trace these small changes. It is probable that to them in 

 part is due the character both of body and mind, not 

 merely found in races, but in sections of the same race, 

 separated perhaps by a hiU or a stream, or raised from the 

 ground by a difierence sometimes of a few feet only, 

 although at times hundreds or thousands. 



Oxygen per cent, in some Specimens of Air. 



18 ft. above water. Fine day. St. John's, Antigua. 



2.30 P.M. April nth, 1865, 9 A.M. 



Lat. N. 43° 5', Long. W. 17° 12'. Showery morning. 



21-0100 20-9600 



21-0000 20-9100 



20-9700 21-0000 



Mean 20-9900'^ Mean 20-9500 



Law Court, from the lantern. 

 Law Court, Feb. 2nd, 1866. 4.30 p.m., just as the 



Court was closing. 



20-6400 20-5000 



20-6700 20-4800 



Mean 20-6500 Mean 20-4900 



During a visit to London a scientific friend called my 

 attention to a law court which was badly, or rather in no- 



* May be read 209,900 in a million, and so with the others. 



