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shelter, although I have a few times seen a Jit tie more wind 
on the S.E. of the hotel and also on the further rink, etc. 
My object has been as far as possible to register the amount 
of wind to which patients are exposed, and therefore, my 
regret at having to place it on a mound, as undoubtedly 
there was more wind at the top than on the level. The 
position was between the hotel and the main road, so that 
in going to the skating rink, or for a walk in any direction, 
it was necessary to pass close by it. It also overlooked the 
tennis court, causing me some anxiety lest the balls should 
damage any of the instruments on the mound. It will be 
seen that if it could have been three feet lower the position 
would have been a very good one. 
It would not be fair if I did not point out that the winter 
of 1881 — 1882 was an exceptionally still one generally, 
whereas this winter has not been as favourable in that 
respect. • 
This, however, has not been an especially windy winter, 
which I was able to gather from the opinion of uninterested 
parties ; and to prove this I give a comparison of the wind 
taken this winter at Sils Maria, a village 7 miles S.W., and 
at Bevers, 4 miles N.E. of St. Moritz, and also of Davos 
Platz, in a parallel valley. 
The averages for St. Moritz are for 4 — 7 years, and include 
all the observations made ; for the other, places they are 
from all the material which happened to be available here. 
The figures are given in percentage of times that the Swiss 
anemometer was not moved. This is here wrongly called 
“ windstille.” 
o,. n u . / Ocfc. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. 
8 ns Maria (average 
of 7— 8 years)... 63 ... 57 ... 61 60 ... 62 ... 61 
1882. — ... 76 ... 77 1883. ..56 ... 63 ... 52 
Bevers (average of 
9 — 11 years)... ... 57 ... 59 ... 68 66 ... 56 ... 44 
1882 67 ... 58 ... 73 1883. ..70 ... 51 ... 41 
