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frosts in England, but on the Continent the cold just 

 at the end of December has been intense. Since 

 then we have had high winds, rains, and several 

 alternations of temperature. 



At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the highest 

 reading of the barometer for the week ending 17th 

 December, was 29 '95 in. on Monday morning, 

 and the lowest 29*13 in. on Thursday morning. 

 The mean temperature of the air was 40*7 cleg., 

 and 0*2 deg. above the average. The general direc- 

 tion of the wind was south-westerly. Rain fell on 

 six days of the week, to the aggregate amount of 

 o*8i of an inch. The duration of registered bright 

 sunshine in the week was 5 "8 hours against 5*3 

 hours at Glynde-place, Lewes. 



For the week ending 24th December, the lowest 

 reading of the barometer was 29*34 in. on Monday 

 morning, and the highest 29*88 in. on Thursday 

 evening. The mean temperature of the air was 

 34*9 deg., and 4*7 deg. below the average. The 

 general direction of the wind was north-westerly. 

 Rain or melted snow was measured on four days of 

 the week, to the aggregate amount of 0*17 of an 

 inch. The duration of registered bright sunshine in 

 the week was 1*9 hour, against 5*7 hours at Glynde- 

 place, Lewes. 



For the week ending 31st December, the lowest 

 reading of the barometer was 29*65 in. on Sunday 

 evening, and the highest 30*07 in. on Friday evening. 

 The mean temperature of the air was 32*1 deg., and 

 6*7 deg. below the average. The general direction 

 of the wind was north. Rain fell on two days of the 

 week, to the aggregate amount of 0*02 of an inch. 

 The duration of registered bright sunshine in the 

 week was 6 * 2 hours, against 1 1 * 1 hours at Glynde 

 Place, Lewes. 



For the week ending 7th January, 1888, the lowest 

 reading of the barometer was 29*15 in. on Monday 

 afternoon, and the highest 30*26 in. at the end of the 

 week. The mean temperature of the air was 40*2 

 deg., and 2*4 deg. above the average. The general 

 direction of the wind was southerly. Rain fell on 

 five days of the week, to the aggregate amount of 

 0*40 of an inch. The duration of registered bright 

 sunshine in the week was 4*1 hours, against 4*5 

 hours at Glynde-place, Lewes. 



In February the temperature remains as in January 

 near the Land's End, but North and East it is higher 

 than in January, the average in London being nearly 

 2 deg. warmer. The average for the Land's End is 

 45 deg. ; for Devonport, 44 deg. ; Exeter, 43 * Ports- 

 mouth, 42 deg. ; on a line drawn from Liverpool 

 to London, 41 deg. ; and from the Sol way Firth to 

 the East Coast at Norfolk and Suffolk 40 deg. 



The average rainfall for February is 1 inch on the 

 East Coast, 2 inches on the South Coast, 3 inches on 

 the greater part of the West Coast, and from 4 to 5 

 inches inland at Dartmoor, and in some parts of 

 North Wales. 



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UNRECORDED DAPHNIA. 

 SEND herewith a drawing of a Daphnia— found 

 in the autumn of last year in a pond near Rye- 



Fig, ig. — Side view of Daphnia. 



Fig. 20. — Front view of Daphnia. Size, inch. 



House, of which I can find no mention in any of the 



