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luminous band, whose highest point was about the meridian of 

 a Draconis. From the upper edge of the western limb sprang seve- 

 ral extensive streamers ; but the light of the moon (then about four 

 days old) prevented their being very brilliant. Shortly after seven, 

 heavy clouds completely covered the aurora, showing their distance 

 to be less than that of the luminous meteor which they obscured, 

 and which, by their long continuance, they finally closed. 



We had some very heavy hail showers during the day, and a per- 

 fect gale of wind the previous night. The same day a terrific thunder- 

 storm visited a great part of Wales, killing several head of cattle and 

 doing other serious damage to property. 



I am, Gentlemen, 



Your obedient Servant, 



Manchester, December 19, 1845. W. Sturgeon. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR NOV. 1845. 



C/iiswick. — November 1. Slight haze: very fine. 2. Slight fog: overcast. 

 3. Frosty : fine: clear and frosty. 4. Frosty, with dense fog : clear and frosty 

 at night. 5. Frosty and foggy : very fine: overcast. 6. Very fine: rain. 7. 

 Clear and fine : cloudy : rain. 8. Cloudy. 9. Very fine : slight rain. 10. Very 

 fine: heavy clouds. 11. Hazy: rain. 12. Very fine. 13. Hazy: very fine. 

 14. Foggy throughout. 15. Foggy : fine. 16. Densely clouded : rain. 17. Fine: 

 rain. 18. Cloudy: clear. 19. Boisterous, with rain: showery: very clear at 

 night. 20. Fine. 21. Overcast : heavy rain. 22. Fine : clear and cold. 23. 

 Sharp frost : fine. 24. Very fine : foggy at night. 25. Uniformly overcast : 

 slight rain : foggy. 26. Densely overcast. 28. Cloudy. 29. Heavy rain. 

 30. Cloudless: overcast at night. — Mean temperature of the month 1°'4S above 

 the average. 



Boston. — Nov. 1. Fine. 2,3. Cloudy. 4 — 7. Fine. 8. Cloudy : rain early 

 a.m. 9. Fine. 10. Foggy. 11. Fine: rain p.m. 12. Cloudy. 13. Fine. 

 14,15. Cloudy. 16. Cloudy: rain early a.m. 17. Cloudy: rain early a m. : 

 rain p.m. 18. Cloudy : rain early a.m. 19. Stormy : rain a.m. 20 — 23. Fine. 

 24. Fine : snow and rain early a.m. 25 — 28. Cloudy. 29. Cloudy : rain p.m. 

 30. Fine. 



Sandwich Manse, Orkney. — Nov. 1. Bright: cloudy. 2. Fine: cloudy. 3. 

 Fine : frost : cloudy. 4. Bright : clear. 5. Clear. 6. Damp : cloudy. 7. Damp : 

 hazy. 8. Drizzle : cloudy. 9. Cloudy : damp. 10. Damp. 11. Cloudy : fog 

 in valleys. 12. Frosty: fog: clear. 13. Fine. 14. Fine: frost: fine. 15. Fine: 

 cloudy. 16. Fine : rain. 17. Fine: showers. 18. Cloudy. 19. Rain : cloudy. 

 20. Showers. 21. Showers : sleet. 22. Cloudy : showers. 23. Cloudy : snow- 

 showers. 24. Cloudy : snow: rain. 25. Showers: rain. 26. Showers : thunder 

 and showers. 27. Showers : hail : showers. 28. Cloudy : showers. 29. Cloudy : 

 showers : sleet. 30. Sleet-showers : snow on hills. 



Applegarth Manse, Dumfries-shire. — Nov. 1. Fair and fine. 2. Fair and chilly. 

 3. Fair, but dull : frost a.m. 4. Frost, hoar: clear and cold. 5. Frost: dull. 

 6. Fair and fine: fresh. 7 — 10. Rain early a.m. 11. Fair and fine. 12 — 13. 

 Hoar-frost : fine. 14. Raw and cloudy. 15. Rain p.m. 16. Heavy rain p.m. 

 17. Fine: dry. 18, 19. Heavy showers. 20. Fine a.m. : rain p.m. 21. Showers. 

 22. Frost. 23. Frost : a few drops of rain. 24. Frost : cloudy r.M. 25. Wet. 

 26 — 28. Very heavy rain. 29. Showers. 30. Heavy rain p.m. 



Mean temperature of the month 42°*7 



Mean temperature of Nov. 1844 43 # 6 



Mean temperature of Nov. for twenty-three years . 40 *2 



