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THE third number of vol. iii. of the West Indian Bulletin issued by the Imperial Agricultural Department, contains a large amount of information on a variety of subjects, Mr. Francis Watts deals with “Raw Sugars for Brewing Purposes,” Mr. P. C. Cork with “Stock Rearing in Jamaica” Mr. Maxwell-Lefroy with “Scale Insects Of the West Indies,” &c. A lengthy account, 23 pages, of the volcanic eruptions in the West Indies includes a reproduction iri full of a most interesting series of observations taken by the Rev.?.? Watson, at his residence, about twelve miles east of Bridgetown, Barbados, from 5 a.m., October 14, to 6 a.m., October 17, covering the period of the Soufriere eruption in St. Tincent on October 15-16 and the dust fall in Barbados. Careful notes were taken of the direction and force of the wind, temperature, clouds, aspect of the sun, sky, the atmosphere, &c., and the rate at which the dust fell was frequently measured, the heaviest being 38? grammes per square foot, from noon to 1 p.m. on October 16.
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West Indian Notes . Nature 67, 355–356 (1903). https://doi.org/10.1038/067355a0
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