340 J. BE. Wiilet on Indian Summer. 
Art. XXXV.—Indian Summer ; by Josern E. Witter, Prof. 
of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry in Mercer University, 
Georgia. 
tion of the facts. The 
by the writer for several years, and are presented for the purpose 
of attracting attention to the subject, with the hope that ma- 
1. Indian Summer is not confined to North America, but 0¢- 
curs in both hemispheres. 
It it so well known in the United States, that no reference 
need be made to its occurrence here. It is remarkable, however, 
that it extends on this continent, to very high latitudes. pao 
Sir John Richardson passed the winter of 1848-9 at Fort “ 
fidence, on Great Bear Lake, lat. 66° 54! 
mer,’ as it is called, brought us three weeks of fine weather after 
our arrival in September.” <i 
Kaemtz, in his discussion of the height of the beaten? 
different seasons, says,t ‘‘In the autumn, on the contrary, W rm 
e air comes from the south, the south Winks. Cen ’ 
they pour upon the south of Eupope the water with whic! 
mer; in Germany it is called the summer of old men; and \ 
Oe. Livingstone, in his Travels and Researches in pacnet z 
ua, page 537, when he had arrived at Gonye, lat. igh The 
S., says: “Aug. 22. This is the end of winter. ne eh 
whole scenery is lovely, though the se gram is murky * 
Consequence of the continuance of the smo y tinge of ee 
This peculiar tinge of the atmosphere was observed every ¥™ 
jer at Kolobeng,” (lat. 24° 30’ S.) “but it was not so obse bee 
In 
was owing to the extensiy Y the grass, in which ened 
dreds of ite of Seems are ie of the grass, ‘An the | 
* Richardson’s xpedi Franklin, p. 297. . | 
a os se OF Mpeation in search of Sir John mea, p. 238: 
