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_The Climate of Europe During the Glacial Epoch._ By =Clement Reid=.
(Natural Science. Vol. I, No. 6, 1892).
_Temperature of the Sea._--The temperature of the English Channel was
similar to that where the isotherm of 32° F. is now situated. The
winter temperature can scarcely have been 20° colder than at present.
The Mediterranean was perhaps 5° colder than now.
_Temperature of the Land (air)._--It does not appear that the climate
of the lowlands of southern Europe can have been 20° lower than the
present mean; 10° or perhaps less appear to have been the refrigeration
in the Mediterranean region. The temperature at the southern margin of
the ice-sheet was about 20° colder than at present. The temperature
increased rapidly towards the south. Recent observations seem to show
that throughout central Europe there was a period of _dry_ cold,
causing the country to resemble the arid regions of central Asia.