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of Vaury in Haute- Vienne. He was besides author of numerous 

 papers in different periodicals. In ] 8 13 he was decorated by Napo- 

 leon with the Order of the Reunion. In 1815 Louis XVIII. named 

 him a Knight of the Legion of Honour, and in 1819 he was 

 admitted into the Order of St. Michael. His library, manuscripts, 

 and rich collection, were open to all. He was a good father and an 

 excellent husband. Let his memory be cherished by men of science. 



VIII. — Severity of last Winter in America. 



The coldest weather on record in Albany, previous to the present 

 year, was January 21, 1827, when the thermometer stood at — 23". 

 On the 4th January, 1835, the temperature was — 32°. At Hartford, 

 on the same day, the thermometer stood at — 24" 8. At'New Haven, 

 (Connecticut) — 23°, at seven o'clock in the morning. At Saco, 

 (Maine) •— 27'' -4. At Goshen, (New Jersey) —32°. At Montreal, 

 — 35 . Lebanon (New York) — 40". Montpelier, (Vermont) — 40 '. 

 It is worthy of remark, that the greatest cold was experienced in the 

 interior, the thermometer being highest at the sea-coast. At Dart- 

 mouth the thermometer was at — 32° at sun-rise, and the barometer 

 29*76 inches. A brilliant aurora was seen. A great snow storm 

 reached Dartmouth on the 30th December, 1834, having com- 

 menced 24 hours earlier at Washington. The depth of snow was 

 20 inches at Baltimore, 15 at Boston, and 10 at Dartmouth. — At 

 New Haven on the 2nd January, 17^7^ the temperature was — 26^^. 

 {Sillimaris American Journal, xxviii. 177«) 



IX. — New Cetaceous Animal. 



D'Orbigny, in his Travels in South America, discovered a new 

 genus of cetaceous animals, in the rivers of Boil via, especially those 

 of Moxos, which run into Mamore, and thence into the Amazon at 

 Santa Cruz, at least 700 leagues from the sea. It differs essentially 

 from the dolphin or sousou of the Ganges, although it possesses the 

 characters of a dolphin. He terms it Inia Boliviensis. Inia is the 

 Indian name of the fish. 



The specimen examined was a female. It was 2 met. 4 cent, in 

 length (8-14 feet). 



Dorsal circumference 1 met. 4 cent. (4*85 feet). 



Above, the body was pale-blue, passing into red below! The tail 

 and fins were blue ; but these vary considerably, for some speci- 

 mens are reddish. Those which inhabit the great rivers are pale, 

 while those which enter the great lakes which communicate with 

 the rivers during the rains, are almost black, and do not lose their 

 colour for a long time after their re-entry into the rivers. 



The body is thick and short when compared with common 

 dolphins. The snout is very slender, almost cylindrical, and obtuse 

 at the extremity. The mouth terminates a little below the eye, 

 and forms a linear opening, only arched at the posterior part. The 

 nasal canal is so oblique that its orifice is placed almost above the 



