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Show llrlsbt of Dm Si Urn tu. ObsoivatioiiH as to the height of tl" dim mil sea bteeo are few lu jmiubir albeit of coiwldeiablo liupoitanec. Mj means of u captive balloon, sent ui fiom Cone) Island n number of jean ago, It was totiiid Unit tho average , height at which tho cool iutlovv tton , tho ocean was icplaced b.v the tipper E vviuin otitllovv riom the laud was from r.(K) to 1100 feet. At Toulon, lu lhOU, the I height of tho sea breee was found to M be nbout 1.500 feet, and n distinct oft flj shoie current was found between 1U" If und L'000 feet More recently 110021 on R the west coast of Scotlanl, Dines, us- II Ing kites, has noted that the kite" It would not rise nbov o 1 300 feet on suimj H ufternoons, vvheu tho on shoro brce-ia B was blowing. I |