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Mr. Salter's investigations proved that it differed essentially from any 

 crinoidal animal or coral, and was most probably an ancient form of 

 the SerpuLiiKB. From a similarity of structure in the Tentaculites, 

 another abundant fossil of the Silurian rocks, Mr. Salter is disposed 

 to refer it to the same group with Cornulites. — Proc. Brit. Assoc. 

 Cambridge, June 19. 



ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS. 



Letters from Naples announce, that the expected eruption of 

 Mount Vesuvius has commenced. At their date, the volcano had 

 been for several days throwing up flames and stones, by the mouth 

 of the cone formed some months ago in the midst of the crater ; and 

 the burning lava had opened a wide passage below, and was flowing 

 down the side of the mountain. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR JUNE 1845. 



Chiswick. — June 1. Overcast and fine. 2. Very fine : sultry. 3. Sultry: rain 

 at night. 4. Showery. 5. Slight rain : cloudy : boisterous at night. 6. Cloudy 

 and windy. 7. Very fine : showery, and boisterous at night. 8. Boisterous : 

 clear and fine. 9. Very fine. 10 — 12. Very fine : sultry : clear and fine at nights. 

 13. Foggy: snltry. 14,15. Very hot and sultry. 16. Overcast. 17. Sultry. 

 18. Rain: clear at night. 19. Hazy: very fine. 20. Cloudless: very fine. 

 21 — 23. Very fine. 24. Uniformly overcast : heavy rain : clear. 25. Cold and 

 dry: cloudy: rain. 26. Cloudy : fine. 27. Rain. 28. Overcast : heavy showers : 

 clear. 29. Very fine. 30. Slight rain : very fine. — Mean temperature of the 

 month 1 \° above the average. 



Boston. — June 1. Rain : rain early a.m. : rain a.m. 2. Fine. 3. Fine : 

 2 o'clock P.M. thermometer 72° : rain p.m. 4. Fine : thunder and lightning, v»ith 

 rain P.M. 5. Cloudy: rain early a.m. 6. Windy. 7. Fine : rain p.m. 8, Cloudy. 

 9. Fine. 10. Fine: 3 o'clock p.m. thermometer 74°. 11. Fine: 1 o'clock p.m. 

 thermometer 75°. 12. Fine: 4 o'clock p.m. thermometer 76°. 13. Fine: 



I o'clock P.M. thermometer 78°. 14. Fine : 12 o'clock noon thermometer 78°. 

 15. Cloudy. 16. Cloudy : 1 o'clock p.m. thermometer 78". 17. Fine. 18. Cloudy: 

 rain early a.m. : rain a,m. and p.m. 19. Fine. 20. Cloudy. 21. Fine. 22. 

 Cloudy. 23. Fine. 24. Fine: rain, with thunder and lightning p.m. 25. Cloudy. 

 26, Fine. 27. Cloudy: rain a.m. and p.m. 28. Cloudy : rain a.m. : thunder 

 and lightning 1 p.m. 29. F"ine. 30. Fine : rain early a.m. — N.B. The warmest 

 June since June 1826. 



Sandwich Manse, Orkney. — June 1. Cloudy. 2. Cloudy : clear. 3. Bright: 

 cloudy. 4. Showers. 5. Bright : showers. 6. Bright : drops. 7. Clear : 

 fine. 8. Drops: rain: clear. 9. Drops: cloudy. 10. Bright: datnp. II, 

 12. Bright : cloudy. 13. Bright : clear. 14. Damp : cloudy : fine. 15. Cloudy: 

 rain. 16. Fog. 17. Bright : damp. 18. Rain : damp. 19. Bright : clear. 

 20. Bright: damp. 21. Cloudy. 22. Showers : cloudy. 23. Bright : cloudy. 

 £4. Damp : fine. 25. Bright : showers : cloudy. 20. Rain : damp. 27. Showers. 



28. Cloudy: showers. 29. Showers ; clear. SO. Cloudy : clear. 

 Applegarlk Manse, Dumfries-shire. — June 1. Fine soft rain. 2. Very fine: 



fair. 3. Fine rain. 4. Showers all day. 5. Rain continued. 6. Hain. 7. Soft 

 showers. 8. Heavy rain a.m. ; fair p.m. 9. Showers. 10. Fair and growing. 



II — 14. Very fine summer day. 15. Very fine summer day: thunder: a few 

 drops of rain. 16. Showery all day. 17. Slight showers. 18. Slight showers 

 P.M. 19,20. Fair and fine. 21. Fair and fine : a few drops : rain. 22. Fair 

 and fine : very dry. 23. Fine : one slight shower. 24. Rain, very heavy. 25. 

 Showers. 26. Fair and fine. 27. Rain: wind: thunder. 28. Fair and clear. 



29. Fair a.m. : shower p.m. 30. Showers. 



Mean temperature of the month 56°"55 



Mean temperature of June 1844 55 "10 



