266 A. LIVEESIDGE. 



more in answer to letters sent to different persons likely to have 

 observed the phenomenon. — H. Jones." 



"P.S. — I have not been able to secure any dust, or learn of any 

 having been deposited by the fog or whatever the phenomenon 

 should be termed." 



"Yabtree, Gundagai, Dec. 23rd, 1880. 



"Having seen your paragraph in Herald re dust storm that 

 occurred on Wednesday 15th instant, will state herein the storm 

 as observed here. Yabtree is on the Murrumbidgee about equal 

 distance from Gundagai and Wagga. About 1 p.m. on the 15th 

 the sky became overcast, sun obscured and some hills about two 

 miles away partially so, they had the appearance of heavy rain 

 falling; wind strong from about W.N.W., in a few minutes the 

 dust made its appearance, it was very tine. At first I thought it 

 was smoke coming from bush fires, and although the house was 

 closed, in a few minutes everything inside was covered with fine 

 dust, the storm lasted until about 6 p.m., the sun having been 

 invisible the whole time and wind in nearly same direction, then 

 a few drops of rain fell, the wind fell away to almost a calm, and 

 sky partially cleared, only few rain clouds passing slowly to east, 

 a few more drops of rain fell about 8 p.m. after which the night 

 was a clear one. There are no roads near Yabtree from which 

 the dust could come, so I came to the conclusion that it was due to 

 a storm, and felt disappointed by not seeing any remarks thereon 

 in telegrams in Thursday's Herald, except from one station, 

 Euabalong on the Lachlan River, about 200 miles W.N.W. from 

 here, the direction from here to where the Potosi passed the mud 

 shower, is about E.S.E., so the Euabalong, Yabtree, and Potosi 

 storms were most likely one." — R. P. Horsley. 



"Tumut, N.S.W., Dec. 23rd, 1880. 



I see by your letter in the Sydney Herald, dated Dec. 20, that 

 you are anxious to collect all the information you can get as to 

 the showers of mud that fell on board the S.S. Potosi, and also at 

 Moruya on Wednesday the 15th December. At Tumut the 

 morning opened calm and hot, about 10 a.m. the wind began to 



