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yee eee tin 
Be, oo to the same authority (Forbes’s ‘ Bow: wag andits § 
Glaciers,’ p. 206), “another cause affecting exceedingly the level 
of the snow-line is the amount of snow which falls. 
These laws are illustrated in detail by the following table. 
constructing it I have assumed, what is — near the truth, 
that the temperature of the hottest month of the year decreases in 
of 1° F. 
for the first four, Durocher as quoted by Mr. Hopkins in the 
‘Proceedings of the Geological Society ’ for Dee. 17, 1851, for the 
rest, Mrs. Somerville’s ‘ Physical Geography,’ p. 314. The tem- 
peratures are in degrees of Fahrenheit, The heights are in feet. 
Temperature of Height of 32° of 
hottest 1 month F. ih hottest Pestim y 
at sea level, 
Pyrenees cas vice ves Cowen ban cee 74°5 12750 9300 
GROOMING 6.6 6d ong Keke Kae e iTS 47 13500 10300 
— —_ sews Se wevecs 72% 12150 9000 
Bernese Alpes. 5s ca backs de ces 72°5 12150 8800 
Scandina tat Fjelde, 61° 43’ Ni eakes> 6D 8100 5500 
ageroe, Norway, extreme north  45°5 4050 2160 
Himalaya, about 31° N., north side 83-75 15525 16620 
south side 83°75 15525 12980 
Andes, near - Quito «aus ai eae 79°25 14175 15795 
ea bieeecss 14850 14772 F 
oan Yapanin. wd coe esy 2 CO 10800 12780 ; 
OWL AO Bis siwigannds eens 63°5 9450 7960 
—— - Magellan ee eae BO 4050 ie 
ele of Norra about jovnia and i the Peruvian a 
n Patagonia and Tierra 4 
roba 
Vs — cited above is below eee et in consequeD' 
: ied the sanall snow-fall, the 
