ier date. The cave is quite large, a hundred feet long and forty
wide and high. It was at once taken possession of by the authorities and
placed under the charge of Mr. Felix Voulot, who hopes to extract at
least one skeleton entire.

OCTOBER WEATHER.

The most noticeable features of the month are: the hurricane of the 17th
to 23d; lower temperatures in the districts east of the Rocky mountains;
large excess of rainfall in some districts and large deficiencies in
others; low water in the rivers.

_Areas of High Pressure._--These have generally appeared in the Upper
Missouri valley, from whence their movements have been south and
eastward across the country. Their advance has been frequently marked by
high northerly winds and gales, especially when preceded by decidedly
low-pressure areas, in the more northern districts and on the Texas
coast. When rainy weather has preceded them, the fall in the temperature
has been sufficient to turn the rain into sleet and snow, while frequent
and heavy frosts have been produced.

_Areas of Low Pressure._--Nine have been traced. Excepting the hurricane
of the 17th to 23d, the centres of all have moved over the northern
sections, and further northward than during previous Octobers. They have
been frequently accompanied by barometric troughs, extending south or
southwestward toward the Gulf, in which rainy weather and high winds or
gales have prevailed.

_Temperatures._--

_Maximum._ _Minimum._

Albany 70 deg. 23 deg.
Boston 70 " 26 "
Buffalo 73 " 24 "
Cape May 73 " 34 "
Chicago 73 " 28 "
Cincinnati 74 " 29 "
Cleveland 75 " 26 "
Detroit 72 " 24 "
Duluth 67 " 23 "
Jacksonville 85 " 43 "
Marquette 73 " 28 "
Mt. Washington 48 " 5 "
New Orleans 84 " 50 "
New York 73 " 31 "
Pike's Peak 41 " -2 "
Philadelphia 75 " 31 "
San Diego 80 " 48 "
San Francisco 72 " 52 "
Washington 78 " 30 "

The first frost of the season is reported from a large number of
stations, and first snow from about twenty.

_Verifications._--The average is 92.8 per cent. for the w