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PART 11. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE, 



Art. I. MontJdy Calendar of Nature for Scotland. 



Extracts from the Meteorological Register kept at Annat Gardens, Perth- 

 shire, N. lat. 56° 23i', above the Level of the Sea 172 Ft., and 15 Miles 

 from the Coast; being the Mean of daily Observations at 10 o' Clock 

 Morning and 10 o' Clock Evening. 



Results for August. 



The temperature for August, this season, is 3-4° above the ordinary ave-" 

 rage, equal to the temperature for that month in 1826. The fall of rain is 

 nearly 1 in. less than the average fall in the month of August during the 

 last nine years. 



Results for September. 



The temperature for September is nearly '5° above the ordinary mean j 

 and the rain amounts exactly to the usual average. The air, asvv^ill be seen 

 from the high temperature of the dew point, was generally moist ; and the 

 operation of cutting down the latter part of the crop was often performed 

 in the afternoon, the copious dews during the first fortnight of this month 

 not being dried up till near the middle of the day. 



The warmest day in August was the 4th; mean temperature, 69-5°; 

 wind easterly. The coldest day was the 26th : mean temperature of that 



