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comparison bet\Yeen Jersey and the Scottish capital as regards 

 the incidence of sunshine during the period from June to 

 September. Thus deiining a very sunny day as one with ten 

 hours or more of sunshine, and a very cloudy day as one with 

 only half-an-hour or less, w^e have the following figures : — 



TOTAL SUNSHINE. 



Edinbui-gh . 

 Jersey ... . 



June. July. 

 Hours. Hours. 



151 ... 132 ... 



170 ... 259 ... 



NUMBER OF VERY SUNNY DAYS. 



August. 

 Hours. 



157 . 



217 . 



September. 



Hours. 

 .. 136 

 .. 199 



Edinbiu'gh . 

 Jersey ... . 



5 ... 3 ... 



9 ... 16 ... 



NUMBER OF VERY CLOUDY DAYS 



3 . 



9 . 



1 

 .. 9 



Edinburgh . 

 Jersey ... . 



4 ... 5 ... 



5 ... 4 ... 



1 . 



2 . 



7 

 4 



Thus whilst Edinburgh, during the summer period, was greatly 

 behind Jersey in the total amount of sunshine and the number 

 of brilliantly fine days, the contrast being most marked in July 

 and September, the fogs of the English Channel appear to have 

 been almost as effective as the haars of the Firth of Forth in 

 producing days on which the sky remained continuously, or all 

 but continuously, overcast. 



A. Watt. 



