394 E. B. Hunt—Key West Physical Notes. 
The second series was made at the Coast Survey and Smith- 
sonian Magnetic Observatory on the Fort Taylor grounds. 
Aug. 14th. 9.p.™. 29°936 Aug. 16th. 2p.m. 29°796 
15th. 7 a.m. 29-788 7 9 
se 2 P.M. 29-700 17th. Tam. 29990 
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16th, 7 a.m. 29°504 ™ cay 30°140 
by a rapid rising of the waters in Key West Harbor, and in the 
gale of 1846 this heaping up on the south side of the Key 
amounted to about 7 feet. 
7. Ventilation.—The close neighborhood of the Gulf Stream 
renders the air of Key West peculiarly warm and moist. ‘This 
makes free ventilation and shade the chief essentials for all 
in i : ine? uter d 
interior of the magazine is enough cooler than the ou as 
air to cause an active deposition of moisture; so that the ne 
SSS Ree agit mes ence eats es A) agg 
its effects. 
saturated noon and afternoon air is the worst of all in 
There seems to me but little doubt, that a careful study seh 
les, in their application to the preservation of supp!"* cy 
