Greatest fall in 24 hours. Days of TABLE II.-RAINFALL IN 1901. Number of Days on which '0lin. or more was recorded. Number of Days on which '0lin. or more was recorded. TABLE II (CONTINUED). Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Year. TABLE IV.-STATISTICS OF THE TEMPERATURE OF THE AIR, AND OF THE HUMIDITY AND AMOUNT OF CLOUD AT WINTERBOURNE STEEPLETON MANOR 9 A.M., FORWARDED BY MR. H. STILWELL. AT Lowest. Creechbarrow: An Essay in Purbeck Geology. By W. H. HUDLESTON, M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S. PART I. GENERAL DESCRIPTION AND HISTORY of the Subject.-Those whose good fortune it is to dwell in the Vale of Wareham are familiar with the elegant outline of Creechbarrow, standing forward, as it does, like a sentinel in front of the long Chalk range which divides the Isle of Purbeck into two very dissimilar portions. It is with the northern portion of the Isle of Purbeck only that we are concerned in the present instance, and Creechbarrow may be regarded as its dominating feature. The aspect of this hill is somewhat volcanic in outline, presenting from certain points of view the appearance of a perfect cone, which only requires an eddying dust or a furze fire in full blaze in order to be taken for an active volcano. |