June 14, 1858.] 
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extend over the period of a few weeks. The following were noted in March, 
1854 : — 
On March 10th, at 
Santa Anna, 
Pico Ptuivo, 
Santa Anna, 
1000 ft. above the sea, time 7\ a.m., cloudy. 
6059 „ noon „ 
1000 ,, 8 p.m. 
Temp. 52° F. 
„ 46°*5 
„ 54°-5 
On March 12th, at 
Sao Vicente, 800 
Paul da Serra, 5200 
Calheta, 1200 
7 a.m. quite clear. „ 52° 
10 a.m. fog. W. wind. „ 41° 
4 & 6 p.m. cloudy. „ 60° 
On the 21st, 22nd, and 23rd of the same month snow lay on the summits 
above the height of 3500 English feet. 
The calamity caused by the grape disease may be conceived, knowing that 
in good years the produce of Madeira amounts to from 20,000 to 30,000 pipes 
of wine, and that the mean annual quantity of wine obtained in 1852 and 
1853 was no more than 200 pipes in the whole island. 
J. M. Ziegler. 
Winterthur , Switzerland. 
4. Essay on Chile . By Don Y. Perez Bosales. 
This book is written as an inducement to emigrants to settle in the western 
part of Chile, to which part only reference is made. The book is divided into 
two parts. The first part embraces the geographical position of Chile, its 
climate, hydrography, and productions. 
The second part considers Chile in its political bearings, and then, in several 
chapters, gives an account of the different provinces of Chile, taken separately, 
concluding with a chapter containing a few general observations. 
5. Notes to accompany the Plan of Queenstown , South Africa , sent to the 
Royal Geographical Society , By Captain W. T. Baker, f.r.g.s. 
Queenstown lies in 31° 59" s. lat., 27° long, e., at the southern base of the 
Bonkolo Range, and 95 miles n. of Grahamstown ; the river Kowana, a tri- 
butary of the Great Lei, winds in a tortuous rocky bed immediately in front, 
whilst a vast basin of grass-land, varying from 3 to 10 miles in breadth, 
stretches away to the south. Behind, the mountains tower to the height of 
from 500 to 1500 feet above the vale ; the great Hanglip, rearing its bluff crest 
at 6800 feet above the level of the sea, is a very conspicuous feature in the 
landscape about 8 miles due north of the place. The proximity of these 
mountain ranges subjects Queenstown occasionally to very rapid changes of 
temperature ; in winter, i.e. in June and July, the tops are often covered 
with snow, which, however, rarely falls in the valley ; the nights are sharp 
and piercingly cold, while the midday sun is as warm and genial as in the 
hottest day of an English summer. September and October bring frequent 
hurricanes from the north-west, which sweep down upon the plain with great 
violence, and have more than once levelled our tents to the ground. Yet, 
notwithstanding these sudden changes, the climate is remarkably healthy — a 
