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Museum 2500 specimens of dried plants, 100 specimens of woods, 

 dried fruits, a flower and young leaf of the Victoria regalis, and se- 

 veral other botanical specimens preserved in spirits, a collection of 

 bird-skins, upwards of 100 specimens of fishes in spirits, a geological 

 collection, and an ethnological collection. The Royal College of 

 Surgeons has been presented with some skulls, a perfect skeleton, 

 and a number of plaster casts. The model-room of the Admiralty 

 has received a collection of woods ; the Royal Garden at Kew several 

 living plants ; and presents of curiosities from Guiana have been 

 made to different scientific societies and institutions. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR NOV. 1844. 



Chiswick. — Nov. 1. Overcast: boisterous. 2. Constant heavy rain : boisterous 

 at night. 3. Cloudy and fine. 4,5. Cloudy. 6. Overcast. 7. Rain: cloudy. 

 8. Overcast: heavy rain at night. 9. Hazy clouds : fine : clear. 10. Clear and 

 fine: rain. 11. Densely clouded : fine. 12. Kain: drizzly : boisterous, with rain 

 at night. 13. Heavy rain. 14. Rain. 15. Cloudy. 16. Hazy: clear. 17. 

 Foggy. 18,19. Overcast. 20. Hazy : clear and fine. 21. Foggy throughout. 

 22. Hazy. 23. Foggy. 24. Hazy : cloudy. 25. Cloudy and fine. 26. Clear 

 and frosty. 27. Sharp frost : foggy : clear and frosty at night. 28. Foggy : 

 cloudy. 29, Easterly haze : foggy. 30. Overcast. — Mean temperature of the 

 month 0°'85 above the average. 



Boston. — Nov. 1. Cloudy. 2. Stormy: rain p.m. 3. Rain: rain early a.m. : 

 rain P.M. 4. Rain : rain early a.m. : showery afterwards. 5. Cloudy : rain early 

 A.M. : showery afterwards. 6. Rain : rain early a.m. : rain a.m. and p.m. 7. Fine. 

 8. Cloudy : rain P.M. 9. Cloudy. 10. Fine : rain p.m. 11. Fine: rain early a.m. 

 12. Cloudy : rain p.m. 13. Cloudy : rain a.m. and p.m. 14. Fine. 15. Cloudy : 

 rain early a.m. 16. P'ine. 17 — 20. Cloudy. 21. Fine. 22. Cloudy : first ice 

 this morning. 23. Cloudy. 24. Cloudy : total eclipse of the moon visible 11 p.m. 

 25. Cloudy. 26, 27. Fine. 28—30. Cloudy. 



Sandwick Manse, Orkney. — Nov. 1. Cloudy. 2. Damp. 3. Bright: clear. 

 4—7. Fine. 8. Showers. 9—11. Rain. 12. Cloudy. 13. Frost: fine: 

 cloudy. 14. Frost: fine: cloudy: frost. 15. Rain. 16. Rain : drizzle. 17, 

 18. Cloudy. 19. Bright: hazy. 20. Showers. 21. Bright: cloudy. 22. 

 Bright : clear : aurora. 23. Bright : clear. 24. Clear. 25. Cloudy. 26. 

 Bright: rain. 27. Cloudy: damp. 28. Cloudy: clear. 29. Rain: clear. 

 30. Bright : clear. 



Applegarlh Manse, Dumfries-shire. — Nov. 1. Fair: wind high. 2. Very slight 

 shower. 3. Very slight shower : clear. 4, 5. Fair, but threatening. 6. Cloudy 

 and damp. 7. Fair and fine. 8. Dull a.m. : rain. 9. Fair, but dull. 10, 

 11. Cloudy A.M.: rain p.m. 12. Rain. 13. Fair and mild. 14. Heavy rain : 

 flood. 15. P'air and fine. 16. Fair and fine, though cloudy. 17. Damp: slight 

 shower. 18. Rain p.m. 19. Fair and fine. 20. Fair and fine : frost a.m. : fog. 

 21. Fair and fine : frost. 22. Slight rain. 23. Fair, but dull. 24. Fair ; frost. 

 25. Fair : slight frost a.m. 26. Fair, but cloudy. 27. Cloudy a.m. : rain p.m. 

 28. Fair, but dull. 29. Shower. 30. Fine: frost a.m. 



Mean temperature of the month 43°*6 



Mean temperature of Nov. 1843 41 '7 



Mean temperature of Nov. for twenty years 39 '9 



Mean temperature of spring- water 47 '0 



Mean temperature of ditto Nov. 1843 ... 44 -2 



