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in this respect, and are not directly comparable with those which 

 are uncultivated. 1 To deal with every variety of physical circum- 

 stances, and with meteorological phenomena which in no two 

 places are exactly reproduced, is a task which may well exhaust 

 the powers of the ablest meteorologist : it is only Ulysses who can 

 bend Ulysses' bow. Still it must be confessed that a partial 

 solution — which is the only one that ever will be possible — is 

 better than none at all ; and it is to be hoped that a solution on 

 the lines suggested by Mr. Deane, and including such other data 

 as may be found necessary will be attempted. 



1 See p. 11, Bull. 121 above referred to. 



