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Physiology will be interested in the result,, for it does away with 

 that inexplicable and most singular difference which seemed to exist 

 between the composition of the fatty bodies of man and the pig and 

 that of other animal fats. — Comptes Rendus, March 26, 1849. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSEBVATIONS FOB JULY 1849, 



Chiswick. — July 1. Very fine. 2. Light clouds : very fine. S. Cloudy : slight 

 showers. 4. Cloudy : clear at night. 5. Clear : very fine. 6, 7. Very fine. 

 8. Very hot : clear at night. 9. Very fine : cloudless. 10. Dusky haze : clear. 

 11, 12. Very fine. 13. Cloudy. 14; Very fine, 15. Overcast. 16. Very fine. 

 17. Cloudy : showery. 18. Very fine : cloudy : heavy shower 5 p.m. : showery. 

 19. Showery. 20. Fine: dense masses of low white clouds: showery. 21. Cloudy: 

 showery. 22. Very fine : overcast. 23. Rain ; cloudy. 24. Cloudy : heavy 

 showers in forenoon : excessively heavy rain at night. 25. Fine : cloudy : showers 

 occasionally : heavy showers, with thunder in afternoon. 26. Fine : thunder 

 showers. 27. Overcast : very fine. 28. Very fine : cloudy. 29. Densely over- 

 cast. 30. Fine. 31. Very fine : cloudy. 



Mean temperature of the month 62°'29 



Mean temperature of July 1848 62*09 



Mean temperature of July for the last twenty-three years ... 63 '23 

 Average amount of rain in July , 2'38inches. 



Boston. — July 1 — 6. Fine. 7. Fine : thermometer 81° from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. 

 8 — 12. Fine. 13 — 16. Cloudy. 17. Cloudy : rain a.m. 1 8. Cloudy : rain p.m. 

 19. Rain : rain a.m. and p.m. 20. Fine : rain a.m. 21. Fine : rain p.m. 22. 

 Fine. 23. Rain : rain a.m. and p.m., with thunder and lightning. 24, 25. Cloudy : 

 rain A.M. 26— 28. Fine. 29. Rain : rain a.m. and p.m. 30. Fine. 31. Cloudy. 



Applegarlh Manse, Dumfries-shire. — July 1. Fine rain : high wind p.m. 2. 

 Rain during night : cleared and fine. 3. Heavy rain and strong wind. 4. Fine : 

 slight shower. 5. Fine : occasional showers. 6. Complete day of rain. 7. Very 

 heavy rain : high flood. 8. Fine and fair : pleasant air. 9, 10. Fine and fair. 

 11. Very fine summer day. 12. Very warm. 13. Warm, but cooler from east 

 wind. 14, 15. Warm. 16. Warm, but getting cloudy. 17. Heavy rain at 

 night : clear day. 18. Rain. 19. Showers: occasionally fair and warm. 20. 

 Showers: heavy p.m. 21. Fine and fair. 22. Drizzly: showery. 23. Fine a.m. : 

 showery p.m. 24. Showery. 25. Heavy showers : thunder. 26. Warm : slight 

 shower : thunder. 27. Fair: cloudy: cleared p.m. 28. Fair a.m. : rain p.m. 

 29. Heavy showers. 30. Heavy showers : thunder. 81. Heavy showers, less 

 frequent : thunder. 



Mean temperature of the month 51°'0 



Mean temperature of July 1848 56 '5 



Mean temperature of July for twenty-five years ;... 58 "1 



Rain in July for twenty years , 3'91 inches. 



Sandwich Manse, Orkney.~3\x\y\. HaXn: Ai\zz\q. 2. Showers. 3. Rain. 4. 

 Bright: fine. 5. Clear: fine. 6. Cloudy : fine : cloudy. 7. Rain: cloudy: 

 showers : bright. 8, 9. Clear : cloudy. 10. Damp : cloudy. 11. Cloudy : fine. 

 12—14. Fine: fog. 15. Cloudy : clear. 16. Bright: rain. 17,18. Bright: 

 cloudy. 19. Clear: damp. 20. Drizzle: cloudy. 21. Drizzle: damp. 22. 

 Fine: drops. 23,24. Cloudy : drizzle. 25. Rain: clear. 26. Bright: damp. 

 27. Bright : showers. 28. Bright : rain.' 29. Clear : showers : fine. 30. Clear : 

 fine. 31. Showers. 



