THE MAGAZINE 



OF 



NATURAL HISTORY, 



DECEMBER, 1834^. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. I. On certain recent Meteoric Phenomena^ Vicissitudes in 

 the Seasons, prevalent Disorders, 8^c,, contemporaneous, and in 

 supposed connection, ivith Volcanic Emanations. No. 4. By the 

 Rev. W. B. Clarke, A.M. F.G.S. &c. [Continued from p. 390.] 



" Quid sit, unde sit, quare sit quod ipsum explorare et eruere sine 



universitatis inquisitione non possumus, cum ita cohaerentia, connexa, 

 concatenata sint." — M. Minutius Felix, xvii. 



Before entering farther into the enquiry? we briefly intro- 

 duce a few additional illustrations of the positions attempted 

 to be maintained in the preceding articles; especially as, 

 owing to the circumstances of illness under which the sup- 

 plemental paper [385 — 390.] was contributed to the Septem- 

 ber Number of this work (No. 41.), some typographical 

 errors * and some omissions are to be noted. 



With reference to the essay No. 2. (VII. 193 — 202.), 

 the following facts are highly illustrative, and must not be 

 neglected : — 



The German journals state, that, during the months of 

 June, July, and August, 1834, immense multitudes of mice 

 had appeared in the duchy of Baden ; committing dreadful 

 ravages in the cornfields, and afterwards destroying the 

 vines. In a small district, 20,000 of these destructive crea- 

 tures were killed. In the adjoining country, a species of 



* In p. 385. [lines 8. and 9. from the bottom], for " Wolokolumsk " 

 read " Wolokolamsk," or « Wolokolansk." For « 1794" [in line 7. from 

 the bottom] read " 1799." For " Nov, 17." [in line 2. from the bottom] 

 read " Nov. 14; " this last being the date erroneously given in p. 293. [line 

 8. from the top], and rightly corrected to Nov. 19., in p. 385. [line 9. from 

 the bottom]. In p. 386. [line 16.] for " Mexico," read " Mexico ; ". In 

 p. 390. [line 2.], after the word " bring," supply the words " into notice." 

 In p. 301., also [line 8.], for « 1799" read « 1779." 



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