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THE ICE-FOOT CANOPY. 
“October 11, Wednesday.—There is no need oflook- 
ing at the thermometer and comparing registers, to 
show how far this season has advanced beyond its 
fellow of last year. The ice-foot is more easily read, 
and quite as certain. 
THE ICE-FOOT CANOPY. 
“ The under part of it is covered now with long sta- 
lactitic columns of ice, unlike the ordinary icicle in 
shape, for they have the characteristic bulge of the 
carbonate-of-lime stalactite. They look like the fan¬ 
tastic columns hanging from the roof of a frozen 
temple, the dark recess behind them giving all the 
