years, following a December which was also, with one exception, the coldest for twenty-one years.' He gives an abstract of the temperatures (both maximum and minimum) for November, December, and January during the last twenty-one years, from which it appears:-- 1. That the average _maximum_ temperature of November was the lowest during the period with two exceptions, that of December the lowest with one exception, and that of January the lowest of the whole period. 2. That the average _minimum_ of November was the lowest during the period with four exceptions, that of December the lowest with one exception, and that of January the lowest. 3. That the mean temperature of the three months was not only five degrees below the average, but also lower than in any previous year out of the twenty-one. On the whole, the winter of 1878-79 must be regarded as the coldest we have had during at least the last score of years, and probably during twice that time. It was not characterised by exceptionally severe short periods of intense cold, like those which occurred during the winters of 1854-55, 1855-56, and 1860-61; but it has been surpassed by few winters during the last two centuries for constant low temperature and long-continued moderate frost. During the last ninety years there have been only four winters matching that of 1878-79 in these respects. * * * * * Since the preceding pages were written the weather record for February 1879 has been completed. Like the three preceding months, February showed a mean temperature below the average, though the deficit was not quite so great as in those months. The following table, drawn out by Mr. Plant, shows the mean temperature at Moseley for four winter months of 1878-79, and the average temperature for those months at Moseley during the last twenty years:-- 1878-79 Deg. November 37.0 December 31.0 January 29.8 February 35.8 ---- Mean of the four months in 33.4 Average of 20 years Deg. November 41.5 December 39.0 January 35.5 February 39.0 ---- Average of four months in 20 years observations 38.8 _OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE ROWING._