Intelligence and Miscellaneous Articles. 223 



Note. — M. Liebig, Ann. de Chimie et de Physique^ torn, xlvii. p. 98, 

 gives the following as the composition of camphoric acid : 



Carbon 56«29 



Hydrogen 6*89 



Oxygen 36-82 



which indicates the formula C 40 H 15 O 10 . — Journal de Pharmacie, 

 Feb. 1837. 



GIGANTIC CARP. 



In the Proceedings of the Zoological Society for Nov. 8, 1836, 

 inserted in our number for June last, (Lond. and Edinb. Phil. Mag., 

 vol. x. p. 481.) is recorded the exhibition of a Carp weighing 22 

 pounds, which had been taken in a piece of water called the Mere, 

 near Payne's Hill, in Surrey. It is also stated that " Mr. Yarrell ob- 

 served, that he could find no record of any Carp so large having be- 

 fore been taken in this country." On this account the following notice 

 which I have just now accidentally met with may be worth citing. 



In the "Historical Chronicle" of the Gentleman's Magazine for 

 September, 1771, (vol. xli. p. 424?), it is related, under the head of 

 Monday, [Sept.] 30, that " A carp, weighing 23 pounds, was lately 

 caught in a pond belonging to Sir John Filmour [Filmer], at East 

 Sutton, in Kent." This Carp seems to have been the largest speci- 

 men on record j for Mr. Yarrell, in his History of British Fishes, 

 (vol. i. p. 309,) notices a brace weighing 35 pounds, and two single 

 fish weighing 18 and 19^ pounds respectively, as the largest which 

 he could then refer to. 



The above, like most of the relations in that department of the 

 Gentleman's Magazine, is probably newspaper intelligence. The 

 circumstance does not appear to be mentioned in either edition of 

 Hasted's History of Kent. ^ XXJ n 



July 21, 1837. E.W.B. 



CURTIS's ENTOMOLOGY. 



We have the pleasure of announcing the appearance of the 

 Second edition of Mr. Curtis's Guide to an Arrangement of British 

 Insects. It is printed on the novel plan of the former edition, con- 

 tains several hundreds of new species and genera, and has the ad- 

 vantage of an Alphabetical Index of the latter. We need scarcely 

 add that this Guide is indispensable to all Entomologists. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR JUNE 1837. 



Chiswick. — June I. Slight rain: showery: clear and fine. 2. Overcast 



and fine. 8. Hazy. 4. Fine. 5. Very fine : rain at night. 6, 7. Very 

 fine. 8. Dry haze. 9. Fine: heavy rain. 10. Cloudy: showery. 



] 1. Rain : very fine. 12. Slight rain. 13. Very fine. 14. Showery. 

 15 — 17. Very fine. 18. Rain : fine. 19 — 26. Very fine. 27. Dry 



haze : fine: clear and cold. 28. Cloudy; fine. 29. Very dry. 30. Fine : 

 clear and cold at night. 



Boston. — June 1. Fine. 2, 3. Cloudy. 4. Fine. 5. Fine : rain with 

 thunder and lightning p.m. 6. Cloudy. 7, 8. Fine. 9. Fine : rain p.m. 

 10. Cloudy: rain p.m. 11, 12. Fine : rain p.m. 13. Fine. 14. Cloudy: 

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

 rain early a.m.: rain p.m. 19. Cloudy. 20. Cloudy: rain p.m. 



21 —27. Fine. 28. Cloudy. 29, 30. Fine. 



