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elected one of the eight correspontling members of the Institute of 

 France, in the section of mineralogy. 



The Academy of France has also awarded the sum of 3000 francs 

 to Professor Doyere of the College of Henry IV . for his translation 

 of Dr. Buckland's Bridgewater Treatise, and has placed this work on 

 the list of prize books to be distributed in the Colleges of France. 



M. Villemain, in his report to the French Academy (Journal des 

 Debats, 31 May 1839), states that this prize is awarded to M. 

 Doyere for having published " la meilleure Traduction d'un ouvrage 

 de Morale," that has appeared during the last year. A similar 

 reward has also been given to M. Thurot for his translation of 

 Epictetus into French. 



DR. Barry's researches in embryology. 



We are requested by Dr. Martin Barry to state, that at the time 

 of presenting his "second series" of " Researches in Embryology" 

 to the Royal Society (of which an abstract was given in our sup- 

 plementary number for July of the present year), he was not aware 

 that the fact regarding spermatozoa reaching the surface of the ovary 

 had been previously discovered by Dr. BischoflF, of Heidelberg. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR JUNE, 18.39. 



Cfiiswick. — June I. Overcast: fine. 2. Dry haze. 3. Foggy: rain. 4. Foggy: 

 cloudy. 5. Very fine : heavy rain at night. 6. Very fine. 7. Rain. 8 — 13. 

 Very fine. 14 — 1.5. Hazy. 16. Very fine. 17. Very fine : thunder at night. 

 18. Slighthaze: cloudy, with thunder. 19. Very fine : lightning at night, 20. 

 Very hot. 21. Cloudy and fine. 22. Showery. 23. Stormy with rain. 24. 

 Cloudy. 25. Very fine : rain. 26. Sultry : thunder. 27. Fine. 28. Thun- 

 der showers. 29, 30. Cloudy and cold. 



Boston. — June 1,2. Cloudy. 3. Rain: rain early a.m. 4,5. Cloudy. 6. 

 Fine: 3 o'clock p.m. therm. 72°. 7. Cloudy: rain p.m. 8 — 10. Fine. 11. 

 Cloudy. 12, Fine. 13. Cloudy: rain p.m. 14. Rain: heavy rain with h'ght- 

 ning early A.M. : rain again a.m. and p.m. 15 — 17. Cloudy. 18 — 20. Fine. 

 21. Cloudy: rain early A.M. 22. Fine: rain a.m. and p.m. 23. Cloudy: rain 

 P.M. 24. Fine : rain early a.m. 25. Fine. 26. Rain. 27. Cloudy'; rain p.m., 

 with clap of thunder. 28. Rain. 29. Cloudy: rain p.m. SO. Cloudy. 



Applegarlh Manse, Dumfries-shire. — June 1, 2. Dry and withering. 3. Get- 

 ting cloudy. 4. Very warm : air electrical. 5. Cleared up: soft and warm. 

 6. Pleasant day : moderate breeze. 7. Gentle rain all day. 8. Fair and 



droughty. 9. Fine day, but parching. 10. A welcome rain p.m. 11. Fine 

 growing day: ground refreshed. 12. Genial rain: vegetation strong. 13. Ra- 

 ther cool a.m. : rain P.M. 14. Fair: growing day. 15,16. Very warm and 

 genial. 17. The same ; thunder and rain p.m. 18. Very warm, but getting 

 cloudy. 19. The same : rain p.m. 20. The same : getting cloudy, 21. Rain 

 nearly all day. 22. Rain, soft and genial. 23. Showery all day. 24. Dull 

 day, but kept dry. 25. Fine summer day. 26. Cloudy morning : cleared up. 

 27. Thunder, with heavy showers. 28, 29. Fair : temperature cool. 30. Beau- 

 tiful summer day. 



Sun shone out 26 days. Rain fell 10 days. Thunder 2 days. 



Wind southerly 12 days. Westerly 6 days. Easterly 6 days. Northerly 6 

 days. 



Calm weather 9 days. Moderate 12 days. Brisk 8 days. Boisterous I day. 



