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Mr. E. W. Binsey referred to the existence of similar 
striations on the Carboniferous limestone of Great Orines 
Head, where the groovings were found to range northward, 
or outwards from the mountains of the interior. He also 
noticed the distribution of the Shap granite, blocks of which 
he had lately seen on the high Silurian and Carboniferous 
ranges to the south and south-east of Shap Fell. 
Mr. Brockbank stated that, on the high lands of York- 
shire and Derbyshire, he had observed erratic blocks which 
could be traced to their northern sources. 
Mr. Hull, in conclusion, stated that it had been abundantly 
shown, by the collection of a large number of facts, that the 
direction of the erratic blocks of the Drift period was from 
north to south, so that there must have been some pre- 
dominating influence in operation, either prevalent winds, or, 
more probably, oceanic currents, tending to impel southward 
the icebergs and rafts which were the vehicles for the 
transportation of the erratic boulders and pebbles. 
A Paper was read by Mr. Baxendell, E.R.A.S., “ On 
the Influence of the Seasons on the Rate of Decrease of the 
Temperature of the Atmosphere with Increase of Height, in 
different Latitudes of Europe and Asia.” 
The determination of the laws of the distribution of heat 
in the different strata of the atmosphere under various 
circumstances of season, locality, direction of the wind, baro- 
metric pressure, &c., is one of the most important, and, at the 
same time, one of the most difficult problems which can 
engage the attention of the meteorologist. Notwithstanding 
the labours of many able meteorologists and physicists, 
several points of considerable importance to the future pro- 
gress of meteorology are still involved in doubt and obscurity ; 
and the necessity for further inquiries has been so generally 
acknowledged, that at the late meeting of the British Asso- 
ciation in this city, a grant of £ JOO. was renewed to defray 
