Calendar of Nature, 



477 



considerably greater than that of the human body ; thus seeming to furnish 

 a sort of register thermometer of the early temperature of our globe. At 

 least such facts lead us to hope that a much more clear developement of 

 our previous planetary history will be attained to, than at one time the 

 nature of the subject seemed to admit." ( Yorkshire Gazette, Sept. 5). 



It would thus appear that an Englishman, when he chooses, can, in a 

 dinner speech, distinguish himself as well in matters of natural history and 

 philosophy, as in politics. Nothing can be more gratifying than to see the 

 power to do this joined with the inclination. It will be no small advantage 

 to this institution to have such a man for their secretary as Mr. Dunn, whose 

 mind is evidently thoroughly imbued with science and universal benevolence. 

 — Cond. 



Vhysker catbdon. — You mention your regret at not being able to obtain 

 a good drawing of the Physeter catodon ; I have, therefore, sent you two 



plates of one cast on the Holderness coast, in 1825; the larger plate was 

 from a copy drawn by a land-surveyor, and, though accurate as to admeasure- 

 ment, is by no means so good a resemblance as the smaller one {fig. 114.), 

 which is a very fair representation of the animal, as laid upon the shore. 

 Mr. Davies, the bookseller here, is in possession of an original drawing, by 

 Mr. Dikes, which is said to be the best likeness taken of it. 



The whale was claimed by Mr. Constable, as the Lord of Holderness, and 

 the skeleton is now at Burton Constable, the seat of Sir Clifford Constable. 

 It was, however, about two years ago, in a very neglected condition, being 

 laid in an irregular heap, in the middle of a field, as I have been told. 

 Whether it has since been put together and taken care of, I have not heard. 

 Yours, &c. — Thomas Thompson. Hidly May 28. 



Dorsetshire. 



Flowers varying in Colour. — During the last month I have found Scabios^ 

 arvensis and Erythrae^a Centa6rium with white flowers, and Prunella vul- 

 garis with flowers of a rose colour. — A Constant Reader. Winburne^ SejJt. 



Art. III. Calendar of Nature. 



Scotland. 



Diagram, showing the Motion of the Mercury in the Barometer and 

 Thermometer, and the Temperature at which Dew is deposited, or the 

 mean of each for every ten days in June and July; also the Depth of Rain 

 in the Pluviometer, and the Quantity of Moisture evaporated from the 

 Evaporating Gauge for the same period ; as extracted from the Register 

 kept at Annat Gardens, Perthshire, N. lat. 56° 23^', above the level of the 

 sea 172 ft., and 15 miles from the coast, by the mean of daily observations 

 at o'clock morning and 10 o'clock evening. (The explanation of the 

 Diagram will be seen at p. 284. supra.) 



