HINTS TO TRAVELLERS. 
VOL. II. 
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METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY, 
By Hugh Robert Mill, d.sc., ll.d., f.r.s.e. 
{Late Vice-President of the Boyal Meteorological Society.) 
The nature of the meteorological observations made by a traveller or by 
a resident in regions where there is no organised meteorological service 
will necessarily depend on the object which he has in view, the time he 
is able to devote to meteorological work, his knowledge of meteorology as 
a science, and his interest in it. 
Of the many ways in which a traveller may add to the knowledge of 
atmospheric conditions, five may be specially mentioned:— 
1. A record of the weather , observed day by day with regard both to 
non-instrumental observations and the readings of instruments . 
This may be taken as the minimum incumbent on all travellers. 
2. Observations for forecasting the weather and obtaining warning of 
storms. This is sometimes of vital importance; it is always valu¬ 
able at the time, and occasionally the results are worth recording. 
; It may, however, be looked upon as a practical application of the 
systematic observations. 
3. Observations with a view to determining the character of the local 
climate. The traveller passing through a country can do little in 
this way, as long continued uniform observations in one place are 
necessary to fix the annual variations. Still, the recording of such 
data as may be obtained is always important in a little-known 
region, and the work of several travellers at different seasons will 
allow some fair deductions to be drawn. When a day is spent 
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