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common degree. From his early youth to venerable age, he 

 was actuated by a rational and stedfast piety, enlivened by 

 those gracious assurances which carry our hopes and prospects 

 beyond the grave, and sweeten the lot of human life. The 

 cast of his temper, though uniformly cheerful and serene, was 

 yet meek and humble, and his affections flowed in the warmest 

 current immediately from the heart. His looks, as well as his 

 conversation and demeanour, constantly indicated a soul full 

 of innocence and benignity, in harmony with itself, and aspir- 

 ing to be so with all around it. 



Art. II. — On the Mean Temperature of Bombay, deduced 

 J'rom Observations made in 1 827, ^c. Communicated by 

 Alexander Adie, Esq. F. R. S. E. &c. 



1 HE observations from which the following results are de- 

 duced were made before sunrise, and at 11 o'clock a. m., 1 

 o'clock p. M., 4 o'clock p. m. and 9 o'clock p. m. 



January 1827. 



