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MR. GOADBY. 



It will be in the recollection of the Fellows of the Royal Society, 

 and of those distinguished persons present at the evening parties of 

 the Marquis of Northampton during the last season, that great ad- 

 miration was excited by Mr. Goadby's beautiful anatomical prepa- 

 rations of the lower classes of animals, preserved in fluids discovered 

 by him after years of laborious and expensive experiments, and dis- 

 played in glass cases, also of his own invention and manufacture, 

 admitting the full examination of every part of the animal, either by 

 the eye or microscope. These preparations, on more than one occa- 

 sion, attracted the especial attention of His Royal Highness Prince 

 Albert, whose knowledge of natural history enabled him to appre- 

 ciate their value. They were also seen and much admired by Sir 

 Robert Peel, and it is with the utmost satisfaction we are able to 

 state, that, with the discriminating patronage of science and its cul- 

 tivators, which distinguishes him, and which he lately evinced in re- 

 gard to Mr. Peach, he has recently presented Mr. Goadby with one 

 hundred and fifty pounds from the Royal Bounty Fund as a reward 

 for his labours in this department of natural history. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR OCT. 1845. 



Chiswick. — October 1. Very fine. 2,3. Rain. 4. Cloudy and fine. 5. Cloudy 

 and fine : clear. 6. Foggy : cloudy : rain. 7. Rain : cloudy : clear. 8. Foggy : 

 fine. 9. Rain : clear. 10. Heavy rain. 11. Rain, with fog : showery : clear : 

 slight frost. 12. Dense fog : cloudy : fine. 13 — 16. Very fine. 17 — 19. Over- 

 cast and fine. 20. Densely overcast : clear and fine. 21,22. Fine. 23. Fine : 

 clear and frosty at night. 24. Dense fog : very fine. 25, 26. Foggy : partially 

 overcast. 27. Overcast : clear. 28 — 30. Very fine. 31. Overcast — Mean tem- 

 perature of the month ^" below the average. 



Boston. — Oct. I. Fine. 2. Rain : rain early a.m. 3. Cloudy: rain a.m. and 

 P.M. 4. Fine : rain p.m. 5. Fine. 6. Fine : rain p.m. 7. Rain : rain early am. : 

 rain A.M. 8,9. Fine : rain p.m. 10. Fine. 11. Rain : rain early a.m. 12. 

 Fine. 13. Cloudy : rain early a.m. 14—16. Fine. 17, 18. Cloudy. 19. 

 Cloudy : rain A.M. 20. Cloudy. 21. Fine. 22 — 24. Cloudy. 25,26. Fine. 

 27. Cloudy. 28. Fine. 29. Cloudy. 30,31. Fine. 



Sandvnck Manse ^ Orkney. — Oct. 1. Showers. 2. Bright : clear. 3. Cloudy; 

 drops. 4. Showers. 5, 6. Bright : clear. 7. Rain. 8. Rain : damp. 9, 10. 

 Rain. 11. Showers: rain. 12. Bright: cloudy: halo large. 13. Rain. 14. 

 Cloudy: rain. 15. Cloudy. 16. Showers. 17. Showers: sleet : cloudy. 18. 

 Showers : clear. 19. Cloudy : rain. 20. Rain: showers. 21. Cloudy : damp. 

 22. Damp : drizzle. 23. Damp : cloudy. 24. Bright : rain. 25. Bright : 

 cloudy. 26. Showers : rain. 27. Showers : bright : cloudy. 28. Rain. 29. 

 Drizzle : cloudy. 30, 31. Showers : clear. 



Applegarlh Manse, Dumfries-shire. — Oct. 1. Fair, but threatening. 2. Dull : 

 rain. 3. Deluge of rain : flood. 4. Soft rain all day. 5, 6. Fair and clear : 

 hoar-frost. 7. Fair, but cloudy. 8. Fair a.m. : rain p.m. 9. Rain early a.m. : 

 cleared. 10. Slight showers p.m. 11. Fine: rain. 12. Fair, but cloudy : halo. 

 13. Rain. 14. Fair and fine. 15. Wet a.m. : cleared. 16. Fair and clear. 

 17. Rain all day. 18. Frequent showers. 19. Rain. 20. Bitter showers. 21. 

 Moist, but no fall. 22. Fair and fine. 23. Fair and fine: cloudy. 24. Drizzling 

 P.M. 25. Beautiful day : one slight shower. 26. Fair, but chilly : rain p.m. 

 27, 28. Wet. 29. Wet: very wet p.m. 30. Wet early a.m. : fine p.m. 31. Fair 

 and fine. 



Mean temperature of the month 49°'6 



Mean temperature of Oct. 1844 47 -2 



Mean temperature of Oct. for twenty-three years . 46 '4 



