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Highland glens and mountains in its centre are shut out from inves- 

 tigation. It is curious to know, that whilst the Marquis of North- 

 ampton is, as President of the Royal Society, at the head of science 

 in England, and Prince Albert visits annually the British Association 

 for the Advancement of Science, other noble lords are altogether in- 

 sensible to the honour and gratification to be derived from favouring 

 the cause of knowledge. We can only regret that birth should 

 have bestowed upon the latter, riches which they have not minds to 

 appreciate ; or that fortune should have been so provoking as to 

 render the ignorant and churlish, possessors of objects of interest to 

 the enlightened and polite. We trust, however, that the educated 

 and civilized of their own class will be struck with the injury done 

 to their order by the titled enemies of science, and that they will in 

 this manner be forced in very shame to concede the privilege its cul- 

 tivators require of them. — From the Edinburgh Monthly Journal of 

 Medical Science for October 1847. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR SEPT. 1847. 

 Chiswick. — September 1. Clear: cloudy: clear. 2. Cloudy: boisterous. 3. 

 Cold rain : overcast. 4. Fine. 5. Clear : shower : clear. 6. Very fine. 7. Clear 

 and cold : cloudy : rain at night. 8. Rain. 9. Very fine. 10. Overcast : very 

 fine. 11,12. Very fine. 13. Densely overcast : rain. 14. Very fine : slight 

 shower: clear and cold at night. 15. Fine: boisterous, with rain at night. 

 16. Boisterous. 17. Rain. 18. Cloudy, with very clear intervals. 19. Cloudy: 

 heavy rain at night. 20. Fine: slight showers. 21. Rain. 22. Cloudy: fine. 



23. Cloudy and mild. 24. Foggy : very fine. 25, 26. Fine. 27. Frosty : clear : 

 very fine : clear and frosty at night. 28. Slight fog : overcast. 29. Slight fog : 

 very fine. 30. Dry haze : overcast. 



Mean temperature of the month 53 0, 40 



Mean temperature of Sept. 1846 60*79 



Mean temperature of Sept. for the last twenty years 52 "77 



Average amount of rain in Sept 2*73inches. 



Boston. — Sept. 1. Fine. 2. Windy. 3. Cloudy : rain p.m. 4. Fine. 5. Fine : 

 rain p.m. 6,7. Fine. 8. Cloudy. 9 — 11. Fine. 12. Windy. 13. Rain: 

 rain a.m. and p.m. 14. Fine. 15. Fine: rain p.m. 16. Fine: stormy from 

 10 a.m. 17. Cloudy. 18 — 20. Fine. 21. Fine: rain p.m. 22. Cloudy : rain 

 a.m. 23. Cloudy. 24-28. Fine. 29. Cloudy. 30. Fine. 



Sandwick Manse, Orkney. — Sept. 1,2. Showers. 3. Bright: showers: sleet. 

 4 — 6. Showers. 7, 8. Cloudy : showers. 9. Drizzle : showers. 10. Cloudy. 



11. Cloudy train. 12. Showers. 13. Cloudy : clear. 14. Cloudy. 15,16. 

 Bright : rain. 17. Cloudy : showers. 18. Showers. 1 9. Clear : showers : sleet. 

 20. Showers: rain : cloudy. 21. Bright: fine. 22. Damp: rain. 23. Showers. 



24. Showers : cloudy. 25. Rain : clear. 26. Bright : clear. 27, 28. Clear. 

 29. Clear: aurora. 30. Clear. 



Applegarlh Manse, Dumfries-shire. — Sept. 1. Sharp showers and high wind. 

 2. Clear and fine harvest day. 3. Rain. 4. Fine clear sharp weather. 5. Fine 

 harvest day. 6. Clear and bracing. 7. Rain, though not heavy. 8. Fair, but 

 cloudy. 9. Close rain. 10. Fine : some drops p.m. 11. Fair a.m. : rain p.m. 



12. Fair, but threatening. 13. Fine. 14. Bracing day : flying showers. 15. 

 Fine a.m. : heavy rain p.m. 16. Rain and high wind. 17. Few drops of rain. 

 18. Fair, but dull. 19. Frequent showers. 20. A few drops. 21. Rain p.m. 

 22,23. Showery. 24. Fair and fine. 25. Slight drizzle. 26. Very fine day. 

 27. Very fine day: frost a.m. 28, 29. Very fine days : no frost. 30. Fair.but cold. 



Mean temperature of the month 50 o, 9 



Mean temperature of Sept. 1846 59*6 



Mean temperature of Sept. for 25 years 5S *2 



Mean rain in Sept. for 20 years 3*13 inches. 



