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THE article in NATURE of April 22 emphasises the fact that the interesting problem of the dew-pond still awaits a definite solution. That these ponds are mostly fed by mist, and not dew, can hardly be doubted by anyone who has visited them at night, situated as they are on the topmost ridges of the Downs. In the driest summer the prevailing south-west wind, as it comes up from the sea, forms on these heights after dark thick clouds of mist which soak everything that comes in contact with them, and keep green the short grass characteristic of the Downs.
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MARSHALL, A. Dew-Ponds. Nature 80, 429 (1909). https://doi.org/10.1038/080429b0
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