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Tiao-yu tia we know that the god resides there and then worship 
him out at sea, by throwing a live sheep and pig overboard, burn- 
ing some silk and pourin i 
the guard” The whole of to-day two vessels were seen some 
scores of miles ahead of us.* 
and 51°22° 
46-01°, 46°66° and 47°12°); the extreme variation in the annual 
temperature is therefore here 5°70 degrees. 
‘he extreme range of the thermometer at Boston in the 47 years, 
was 114 degrees, from 100° on July 11th, 1825, to 14 below zero 
on February 8th, 1861. The greatest sudden change was a fall of 
60° in 18 hours, from 46° at one p. m. of February 7th, 1861, to 
4, Climate of the Post-tertiary, or Quaternary, after the Glacial 
era.— The April number of Woodward’s excellent “Geological 
Magazine,” contains an important article on the post-glacial climate 
of Britain, by 8. V. Wood, Jr., ini ng 
presented, that there was a second period of cold in the Quater- 
na i 
ing article, argues that the warm-climate quadrupeds may have 
been pre-glacial. But various facts bear against this view. 
* Mr Williams adds the following note: ‘ sng that 
This notice of the Great Pacific Gulf Stream is interesting as showing 
Chinese and Japanese navigators had both noticed it and given it the same ed 
; - Black Sewer, which has 
Tes Son why 
Rothing about the Kuro-siwo, and constantly affirm that there is none. 
