426 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
The course of scale II, 90 pods from the edge of the glacier, 
was in part similar; that ownward, megmimaiernes fi and verti- 
cally, during the afternoon antil 4 o'clock P , when it was sta- 
tionary ; on the other hand, during the night Share was a strong 
backward movement (as much ‘as 9°9 em, , while vertically the 
slight ; 
case the movements were quite irregular. Similar results were 
obtained for another oi situated about three-fifths of a mile 
Pa up on the glacier. 
magnitude of the movements referred to will be seen from the 
isttowine table, where the measurements are given in centimeters: 
Scale I. | Scale II. | Scale I. } Scale IT. 
sh gars deg Hori- | Verti- || Hori- | Verti- Hours, 4-M- | yori | verti- || Hori- | Verti- 
zontal! cal zontal) cal zontal| cal zontal| cal 
12 -12.30|) +1°0| +0°6|; +0°6) +0°2 7 1-1} —0-1]| —O-1] +0°3 
12.30- 1 —0°2) +0°0)| +0°5| +0°3]/} 7 —- 7.30; +0°6} +0°7)| —2°1 +0°2 
1 — 1.30} +0°1} +0°0)| +0°5) +0°2]| 7.30- 8 0-7; —0°3]} +1°3] +0°8 
1.30-— 2 +0°2) +0°3! +0°6; +0°3]/] 8 — 8.30! +2°3; +0°2}} +2:1; —33 
2 - 8 1} +0°5}| +0°9) +0°6!) 8.30- 9 +0°7| —0°3]| +1°7) +3°5 
3.-4 +0°1 Ol} +0°3) +0°0 — 9.30 1°6| +1°2|| +0°4| +0°8 
4 -=-5 —0°4| +0°2)| +0°0) + 9.30-10 —O'l| +1:1]| +1°6} +10 
Be. 6 + 0°8} —0°1|! —0°3! £0°0//10 -10.30 | +0°7| +0°8)| +2°3) +03 
6 —6a.M.| +2°3) —1°0]| —6'2} +1°0)/10.30-11 +1°8) —0 —0°9} —1'0 
if ~11.30 | —0°8} —0°2|| +0°6; —0°2 
11.30-12 | —0°5! +0°2|| +0°8| +0°4 
The observations on the following day correspond with those 
given except that the movements were less decided, aM Bs 
Na 
al 
ture (xxi, p. 372) an interesting letter bap ng an ‘eruption in 
that island, shortly after 11 o’clock, 4. m., on January 4. Int the 
town of Roseau, the capital of the island, the phenomena con- 
sisted of a very heavy rain, accompanying a fall of Lae gray 
ashes, which covered the ground to the depth of a qua r of an 
inch. The Roseau river, which rises near the Ae toa "district, 
became a torrent of opaque white Pie ater. The scene of the erup 
tion is about eight miles east o mem and the ashes were 
lown westward by the tradewind, in a belt one and a half pare : 
wide, and extending at least four miles out to sea. The cra 
