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the tail, was six feet ten inches ; the girth of the trunk was two 

 feet nine inches ; from the tuber ischii to the patella was one foot 

 four inches ; from the patella to the apex of the hind hoof three 

 feet ; from the olecranon to the carpus was one foot ten inches : 

 from the carpus to the end of the fore hoof was one foot eleven 

 inches. These segments of the fore leg were thus nine inches 

 longer than the corresponding ones of the hind leg ; and as this dis- 

 proportion does not exist in the adult, it offers another instance of 

 the precocious development of the anterior extremities in the mam- 

 miferous fcetus. 



She would not yield her milk to, or even suffer her offspring to 

 come near her. The young Giraffe was nourished by warm cow's 

 milk. It gamboled actively about when one day old, and continued, 

 without appearance of illness, till the 28th of June, when it was at- 

 tacked by convulsions, and died. — From the Proceedings of the Zoolo- 

 gical Society. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR DEC, 1839. 



Chiswick. — Dec. 1 — 3. Dense fog. 4. Frosty : fine. 5. Slight haze : fine. 

 6. Foggy. 7. Dense fog: fine: frosty at night. 8 — 10. Hazy. 11. Fine: hazy: 

 rain. 12. Cloudy and windy. 13. Overcast : heavy rain at night. 14. Fine. 

 15. Frosty: hazy: rain. 16. Hazy : fine. 17. Fine. 18. Hazy. 19. Cloudy, 

 rain. 20. Rain. 21. Cloudy: rain. 22. Rain: fine. 23. Fine: very mild for 

 the period of the season : rain at night. 24. Boisterous with rain. 25. Very fine. 

 26. Heavy rain. 27. Rain : hazy. 28. Frosty : fine. 29. Clear and frosty. 

 30. Frosty and foggy. 31. Overcast: fine. 



Boston. — Dec. 1. Fine. 2. Foggy : rain p.m. 3. Cloudy : rain a.m. 4. 

 Foggy. 5. Cloudy: rain p.m. 6, 7. Foggy. 8, 9, 10. Cloudy. 11. Cloudy: 

 rain early A.M.: rain p.m. 12. Fine: rain p.m. 13. Fine. 14. Cloudy. 15. 

 Fine. 16. Foggy. 17. Fine. 18. Stormy: rain p.m. 19,20. Cloudy: rain 

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

 rain P.M. 24. Cloudy. 25. Fine. 26. Fine: rain p.m. 27. Foggy. 28,29. 

 Fine. 30. Fine : hail and rain p.m. 31. Cloudy. 



Applegarth Manse j Dumfries-shire. — Dec. 1. Clear and sunny. 2. Calm and 

 clear: hard frost. 3. Dull: raw day. 4. Dull, but dry. 5. Frost a.m.: thaw 

 P.M. 6. Dull moist day : hoar frost early A.M. 7. Dull and cloudy, but dry : 

 hoar frost a.m. 8. Fine day : slight hoarfrost. 9. Quiet and cloudy. 10. 

 Quiet and cloudy : freezing p.m. 11. Fine day : wind rose p.m. 12. Heavy 

 rain in the afternoon. 13. Fine morning : rain afternoon. 14. Moderate day : 

 slight frost preceding night. 15. Foggy : slight frost preceding night. 16. 

 Fine: slight frost early a.m. 17. Raw and cold. 25. Stormy day of wind and 

 rain. 26. Clear day : frosty morning. 27. Snow in the evening, and frost all 

 day. 28. A little more snow : hard frost p. m. 29. Clear and calm and frosty. 

 30. Looking dull a.m. : sleet and rain p.m. 31. Heavy rain all morning : cleared 



up P.M. 



Sun 20 days. Rain 9 days. Snow 3 days. Frost and hoar frost 13 days. 

 Wind easterly 13 days. North-east 4 days. Southerly 4 days. Westerly 2 

 days. 



Calm 1 3 days. Moderate 5 days. Strong breeze 4 days. Brisk 2 days. 



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