. Scottish pictures, drawn with pen and pencil . far was left behind. Three stationssucceeded, on the main slopes of Ben Nevis, atintervals of half a mile. Ijrowns Well, 2,200 feethigh. Red liurn Crossing, 2,700 feet, and BuchansWell, 3,575 feet. This last was reached at half-past eight .\.M. Then came the final effort overrocks and boulders to the summit of the mountain,somewhat more than a mile farther on, 4,406 feetabove the sea, reached at nine oclock. Here hutshad been erected to contain the scientific instru-ments, and five sets of observations were made, athalf-hour intervals, from 9 to
. Scottish pictures, drawn with pen and pencil . far was left behind. Three stationssucceeded, on the main slopes of Ben Nevis, atintervals of half a mile. Ijrowns Well, 2,200 feethigh. Red liurn Crossing, 2,700 feet, and BuchansWell, 3,575 feet. This last was reached at half-past eight .\.M. Then came the final effort overrocks and boulders to the summit of the mountain,somewhat more than a mile farther on, 4,406 feetabove the sea, reached at nine oclock. Here hutshad been erected to contain the scientific instru-ments, and five sets of observations were made, athalf-hour intervals, from 9 to 11, comprising thefollowing elements: Pressure, by mercurial baro-meter ; comparison pressure by aneroid ; temperature of air and evaporation(dry and wet bulbs); wind and force ; kind of cloud, amount, and velocitiesof strata; hydrometers and remarks in fullest detail as at the sea-level and ? Aalure (Macmillan & Co.), March 22, 1883. We have to acknowledge the courtesy of the publishers inallowing the use of the diagrams on pp. 87, TiiK Great Glen of Scotland. 86 SCOTTISH PICTURES.
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