188 Meteorological Tables. 



At Kinfauns, the extremes of pressure during June were 30.24 and 

 28.40 ; extremes of temperature 78° and 41° ; mean temperature 57°.10 ; 

 mean temperature of June last year at Kinfauns 55°.86, last month being 

 warmer by l°-24 ; whereas here there is a difference of nearly six degrees 

 (viz. 5°.7l) betwixt the June of the present year with the corresponding 

 month of 1842 ; amount of rain 2.10 inches. 



Tidal Phenomena. 



Arbroath. — A singular phenomenon has lately been very frequently ob- 

 served at our harbour. When the tide is making, the tide will come 

 rushing two or three feet into the harbour, at the rate of four miles an 

 hour, for ten minutes or so, and all at once turn and rush out again s^ 

 fast, and again turn and pour into the harbour with its former violence, 

 and continue frequently to advance and recede, when, apparently with- 

 out any cause, it will resume its former quiet manner of fulfilling its des- 

 tinies. At Perth, Leith, and at Valetta in Malta, the same phenomenon 

 has occurred, and has been ascribed to earthquakes. 



Campbeltown. — On the afternoon of Friday the 7th day of July, an ex- 

 traordinary motion of the tide was observed here (Fort George). While 

 some carters were employed in lading with timber a vessel on the beach 

 about low water, the tide suddenly advanced 50 or 60 yards, surround- 

 ing men and horses with a depth of water of about 18 inches, and as ra- 

 pidly retired. This rise and subsidence occurred four or five times in 

 succession, within a short period. 



The same phenomenon appears to have been observed at Yaletta, in 

 Malta, the water suddenly rising to the height of three feet, and over- 

 flowing the works of the new dry-dock. During this period, a very 

 strong current was running out of the harbour, which the boatmen could 

 scarcely stem. It is supposed this circumstance must have occurred 

 through some earthquake at a remote distance. 



Leith. — A very singular phenomenon was observed here on Friday the 

 7th July. At low- water the tide suddenly rose about six inches, rushing 

 into the harbour, and in a few minutes again receding with equal veloci- 

 ty. — Vide Berwick and Kelso Warder for July 22 and 29, for further par- 

 ticulars. 



