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thrown together in the same way, as has been indicated above, 

 for the period January-March. The temperature fluctuations 

 so obtained are not so well marked as they are in single years, 

 but the maxima and minima fit much better to the tidal 

 fluctuations with the exception of the period about August 24th, 

 when there is no very evident maximum to correspond to the 

 spring tides of that date. There are indications that this 

 summer rhythm is not due to any one particular year, as in 

 the case of the spring series of data. 



