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III. Observations on Snowdrift Deposits. 

 1. Snowdrift Deposits in England. 



I will first give a few brief descriptions of deposits from snow- 

 drift observed by myself in this country. 



Cambridge : January 18th, 1881. — The area affected by the great 

 storm of this date 1 included the whole of Wales, and all England 

 south of a line joining the mouth of the Mersey to a little north of 

 Flamborough Head. The snow was extremely fine and dry, and 

 penetrated in large quantities through cracks in windows and doors. 

 Its depth was greatest in the South of England, where in places the 

 total fall was as much as 2 feet. The storm was accompanied by 

 an easterly gale of great violence. On one estate alone more than 

 1500 trees were blown down. Considerable snowdrifts were formed, 

 especially in railway-cuttings, where they occasionally reached a 

 depth of 20 feet. On the Great "Western Railway, 51 passenger 

 trains and 13 goods trains were snowed up. At Cambridge the 

 storm, though violent, was less severe. The average depth of snow- 

 fall in the district was from 6 to 8 inches, and the drifts were 

 1 Symons's Monthly Met. Mag. 1881, pp. 2-24, 42^5. 



