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refer to his own opinion (1. c. p. 8.) which he expresses when de- 

 scribing the Oscillatoria of Karlsbad, that their characters depend 

 chiefly on their mode of life, we shall be so much the more induced 

 to consider these productions rather as animal than vegetable. It is 

 only to be regretted that we know so little of the history of the life 

 and development of these beings, for we refuse to characterize some 

 forms as animal on the sole ground that we do not find in them that 

 movement which is the property of animal nature. 



NEW SPECIES OF FROG FOUND IN AMBER. 



The 'Annales des Sciences Naturelles' for June mentions, as a pa- 

 loeontological curiosity, a Frog contained in a fragment of yellow 

 amber, and preserving all its external characters, in the possession 

 of the Baron Bulow Rieth, of Stettin ; and certainly not inclosed by 

 artificial means, as it differs specifically from all frogs now existing. 

 M. Schmidt thinks it nearest to Rana temporaria in the colour of the 

 skin and spots on the legs. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR SEPT., 1839. 



CMsvnck. — Sept. 1. Cloudy: boisterous. 2. Showery. 3. Fine: rain: fine 



at night, with splendid Aurora borealis. 4. Very fine : rain. 5. Rain. 6. 



Very fine : rain. 7. Fine: cloudy: very boisterous : almost a hurricane at 



night. 8. Fine. 9. Hazy: very fine. 10. Foggy: fine. 11, 12. Overcast. 



13. Clear and fine. 14. Heavy rain. 15. Showery. 16. Rain. 17. Very 

 heavy rain. 18. Showery. 19. Overcast: clear. 20. Very fine. 21. Rain: 

 cloudy : rain at night. 23. Foggy. 24. Cloudy. 25. Showery. 26. Very 

 fine. 27. Cloudy and fine : slight rain. 28. Drizzly. 29. Heavy dew : fine. 

 30. Fine. 



The quantity 'of rain which fell in this month, amounting to little short of 4 

 inches, may be reckoned as double an average quantity. 



Boston. — Sept. 1. Stormy: rain a.m. 2. Fine: rain a.m. 3. Cloudy: rain 

 a.m. and p.m. 4. Fine. 5. Cloudy: rain early a.m. : rain p.m. 6. Fine. 

 7. Stormy: rain p.m. 8. Stormy: rain early a.m. 9. Cloudy. 10. Fine. 

 11. Cloudy: rain early a.m. 12. Cloudy: rain a.m. 13. Fine: rain p.m. 



14. Cloudy: rain early a.m. 15,16. Cloudy: rain early a.m. : rain p.m. 17, 

 18. Fine: rain early a.m. 19. Fine: rain early p.m. 20. Fine. 21 — 23. 

 Misty. 24,25. Cloudy. 26, 27. Fine. 28. Cloudy : rain early a.m. : rain p.m. 

 29,30. Fine. 



Applegarth Manse, Dumfries-shire. — Sept. 1. Heavy showers all day. 2. Occa- 

 sional showers. 3. Warm and close. 4. Occasional showers, with gleams of 

 sunshine. 5. Unceasing rain. 6. Dull but fair : shower in evening. 7. Al- 

 most constant rain : flood. 8. Rain began at noon : all day. 9. Rain greater 

 part of the day. 10. Very fine day: pleasant breeze. 11. Fine day, but 

 cloudy. 12. Fair till noon, when it rained. 13. Showery. 14. Stormy: 

 wind and rain all day. 15. Moderate, with frequent showers. 16. Fair till af- 

 ternoon, when it rained. 17. Showery, with intervals fair. 18. Showery all 

 day. 19.20. Fine a.m. : showery p.m. 21. Fair and calm : distant thunder. 

 2~i. Fine harvest day : slight shower p.m. 23. The same : no rain. 24. Fine 

 a.m. : rain p.m. 25. Heavy rain morning : cleared up. 26. Frequent showers. 

 27, 28. Continued succession of heavy showers. 29. Fine harvest day : one 

 slight shower. 30. Calm : dry and sunny. 



Sun 25 days. Rain 24 days. Thunder 1 day. 



Wind south 11 days. South-east 5 days. South-west 3^ days. West 5 days. 

 West north-west 1 day. East 3 days. North ^ df.y. Variable 1 day. 



Calm 8 days. Moderate 11 days. Brisk 3 days. Variable 1 day Strong 

 breeze 5 days. Boisterous 2 days. 



