534 MR MOSSMAN ON THE FROST OF 1895. 



A comparison of the temperatures during the 15 days ending 20th February 1895- 

 with those of the Christmas week of 1860* for 21 stations scattered over Scotland, 

 shows that, except in the valleys of the Forth and Clyde, the frost recently experienced 

 was more severe as well as more prolonged than that of 1860. The low temperatures 

 of these two districts in 1860 were accompanied by thick radiation fogs, but during the 

 late period fog was almost absent, except in the larger towns ; the little that did occur 

 was mostly on the eastern side of the country. 



* See Dr Bdchan's Paper in the " Eeport of the Meteorological Society of Scotland" for quarter ending 

 31st December 1860. 



