184 Meteorological Tables. 



RESULTS. 



BAROMETER. 



Highest, . , 30.29 



Lowest, . . 27.27 



Mean, . . . 29.703 



THERMOMETER. 



Highest, ... 63° 



Lowest, . . . 37"* 



Mean, . . . 47.54 



WINDS. 



W. 4; N.W. 0; N. 3; N.E. 2 ; E. 17; S.E 14 ; S. ; S.W. 3|. 



Notes. — May 1. — 3. Hazy. 4. Cloudy; rain and hail p.m. 5. High 

 wind ; shower3\ 6. Cloud3\ 7. Rainy p.m. 8. Cloudy ; windy. 9-11. 

 Fine. 12. Cloudy ; rainy. 13. Cloudy ; windy. 14. Fine ; foggy. 15. 

 Cloud}' ; windy. 16. Rainy and windy ; haz}*. 17. Cloudy ; hail 11 p.m. 

 18-20. Fine. 21. Rain p.m. ; windy. 22. 23. Hazy and rainy. 24. 

 Cloudy ; during night windy and rainy. 25. Cloudy. 27- Evening 

 rainy; misty; windy. 28. Cloudy; hail p.m.; rainy. 29. Showery; 

 windy. 30. Fine ; rainy night. 31. Rainy ; hazy. The Pentland Hills 

 were covered with snow on the morning of the 29th of May. 



Curious Fact. — For several days the artesian well of Grenelle has 

 thrown up small black fishes, which have no apparent eyes. This phe- 

 nomenon was observed last year at the same period. The Academy of 

 Sciences has ordered a report to be made on that extraordinary fact. — 

 Edinburgh Advertiser, May 30. 



The late Earthquake. — A letter from an inhabitant of note of Guada- 

 loupe, dated 7th March, giving an account of a phenomenon which 

 appears to have been connected with the catastrophe of the 8th Fe- 

 bruary, has been communicated to the Academy of Sciences by the Mi- 

 nister of War. M. Celeron, the gentleman in question, relates, that 

 between the eastern point of Marie Galante and Guadaloupe, and in the 

 mid channel, a column of Avater, black in colour, and of large diameter, 

 rose from the sea. This appearance lasted about half an hour. M. Ce- 

 loron adds, that, being well acquainted with the nature of waterspouts, 

 he was certain that this was not one, as the column was too vertical, 

 and had no communication with the clouds. No doubt was entertiiined 

 by him of its being the effect of a submarine volcano. 



Second Earthquake in the West Indies. 



Charleston, 22d March. — W^e learn from Captain Smith of the schooner 

 Francis Cannaday, that a shock of earthquake was experienced in the 

 northern part of Guadaloupe on the 3d (March). At the time a captain 

 of a vessel, off the north point of the island, mentioned, that it shook the 

 vessel with such severity, so that it was with difficulty the crew could 

 keep their feet. A dense cloud of smoke ascended from the Bassaterre, 

 and serious fears were entertained for the safety of that place. At 



