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I WAS much interested with the account of a visit paid to the Ben Nevis Observatory on December 26, 1883, described in NATURE of January 3 (p. 219), more particularly as the weather experienced on the summit was almost identical with that on Snowdon at the same time. I ascended Snowdon on December 23, 25, and 26 from the west, east, and north, and a neighbouring mountain, Glyder Fach, on the 24th. The views from the summit on the 25th and 26th can be best described by the following quotation from NATURE (p. 219), referring to Ben Nevis:—“The view from the summit was magnificent. All round there floated a billowy ocean of white mist” (extending from the slopes of the mountain to the horizon north, south, east, and west), “through which rose here and there black mountain peaks.” “Overhead the sky was blue,” and the sun shone brilliantly. The upper surface of the ocean of clouds was on the 25th about 2000 feet, and on the 26th 1000 feet, above sea-level.
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SINGTON, T. Weather on Ben Nevis and Snowdon. Nature 29, 261 (1884). https://doi.org/10.1038/029261c0
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