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In the opinion of Berzelius, the yolk of egg contains some volatile 

 fatty acids, on account of the facility with which the yolk becomes 

 rancid ; M. Gobley has not been able to discover them, nor any ge- 

 latine, and sulphur was met with only in the albuminous matter. — 

 Journ. de PJiarm. et de Ch., Janvier 1846. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR DEC. 1845. 

 Chiswick. — December I. Rain : cloudy : clear. 2. Clear and fine : heavy rain. 



3. Overcast : showery : clear. 4. Clear : fine : heavy rain. 5 — 7. Clear: frosty. 

 8. Sharp frost : overcast : drizzly. 9. Fine. 10. Clear. 11. Cloudy : clear and 

 windy at night. 12. Overcast: fine: clear. 13. Frosty and foggy: cloudy. 

 14. Foggy : hazy : drizzly. 15. Rain : fine. 16. Fine. 17. Overcast : slight 

 drizzle. 18. Foggy : rain. 19. Densely and uniformly overcast : rain. 20. Clear: 

 dark clouds, with rainbow. 21. Boisterous and densely clouded : clear and frosty 

 at night. 22. Densely overcast : sleet : showery : very boisterous at night. 23. 

 Cloudy and boisterous at night. 24. Cloudless, with bright sun. 25. Hazy : 

 thick fog at night. 26. Cloudy. 27. Clear : fine : overcast. 28. Boisterous, 

 with rain : clear. 29. Frosty: overcast. 30. Overcast: clear. 31. Very fine : 

 heavy rain and boisterous at night. — Mean temperature of the month o, 4 above 

 the average. 



Boston. — Dec. 1. Cloudy : rain early a.m. 2. Fine : rain p.m. 3. Fine. 4. 

 Fine : rain p.m. 5 — 7. Fine. 8. Fine: rain p.m. 9. Cloudy: stormy p.m. 

 10. Fine. 11. Stormy : stormy night. 12. Cloudy: rain early a.m. 13,14. 

 Fine. 15. Stormy. 16. Cloudy. 17. Cloudy : rain p.m. 18. Rain : rain early 

 a.m.: rain all day. 19. Cloudy. 20. Cloudy : rain early a.m. 21. Windy: 

 rain early a.m. 22. Windy and showery. 23. Stormy. 24. Fine. 25. Rain : 

 rain early a.m. 26. Cloudy : rain p.m. 27. Fine. 28. Rain : rain early a.m. 

 29. Fine : rain p.m. 30. Windy : stormy p.m. 31. Fine. 



Sandwick Manse, Orkney. — Dec. 1. Showers : sleet-showers. 2. Showers : sleet : 

 clear : aurora borealis very brilliant. 3. Fine : clear : aurora borealis very bril- 

 liant. 4. Showers : hail : cloudy. 5, 6. Rain : cloudy. 7. Clear frost : clear. 

 8. Bright : cloudy. 9. Showers. 10. Cloudy ; rain. 11. Showers. 12. Cloudy. 

 1 3. Cloudy : showers. 14. Rain. 15. Sleet-showers: rain. 16. Sleet-showers: 

 showers. 17. Frost: cloudy : clear frost. 18. Frost : cloudy : snow-showers. 

 19. Showers : clear frost. 20. Frost : cloudy : sleet-showers. 21. Frost : bright : 

 cloudy: thaw. 22. Showers. 23. Showers: clear. 24. Cloudy: showers. 



25. Showers : cloudy. 26. Showers. 27. Snow-showers : sleet-showers. 28. 

 Snow: frost. 29. Rain. 30. Showers : clear frost. 31, Cloudy : rain. 



Applegarth Manse, Dumfries -shire. — Dec. 1, 2. Showers. 3. Showers of snow. 



4. Frost : rain p.m. 5. Very heavy rain. 6. Showers. 7. Fair and fine: slight 

 frost. 8. Frost: rain p.m. 9. Fine a.m. : rain p.m. 10. Fair, but damp. 11. 

 Fair and clear : frost. 12. Frost. 13. Frost, hard. 14. Very wet p.m. : frost 

 a.m. 15,16. Heavy showers. 17. Fine a.m. : shower p.m. 18. Fine a.m. : 

 frost p.m. 19. Frost a.m. : rain p.m. 20. Frost a.m. 21. Frost: clear. 22. 

 Heavy showers. 23. Slight frost. 24. Frost a.m. : shower p.m. 25. Fine. 



26. Heavy rain all day. 27. Heavy showers. 28. Fair and fine. 29. Heavy 

 rain : frost. 30. Heavy rain. 31. Frost a.m. : rain p.m. 



Mean temperature of the month * 39°'5 



Mean temperature of Dec. 1844 33 '8 



Mean temperature of Dec. for 23 years 38 *3 



Mean rain in Dec. for 18 years 3 inches. 



* It would be worth while for the meteorological correspondents to note the 

 particulars here stated in their reports. 



