548 HENRY A. HUNT. 
and hail storms, and deluges of rain. This type is not peculiarto : 
any season of the year, and the country they affect is usual : 
south of Lat. 30°. The particular square headed A i 
under discussion occurred in July, 1891. Its effects were wile 
spread and its life persistent, and its peculiarity in a moe or less 
distinctive form was maintained during its passage over six degrets 
of longitude, and its effects most severe in Victoria. 
In Chart 37, July 8th, 1891, the square headed A is —_ 
when over South Australia. The gradients about it excepting 
those on its eastern side were moderate; winds were from fresh 
to strong. Following it is a high pressure of decided energy, and 
preceding it to the east an anticyclone of little or no character ; 
on the previous day rain fell over greater part of the southern 
seaboard and in Tasmania. 
B 7 
at 
Square-Headed | depression 
hereto iin 
Chart 38, J uly 9th, the depression has become more 7 
but has lost energy. The relative powers of the antiey : raid 
remains the Same, winds were generally lighter, but the ie | 
covered a much wider area than on the previous day. a : 
storm moved to the east its characteristic weather was mal” : | 
