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THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. 



[Sept. 



and of the huidscape generally, was very apparent, giving to the 

 buildings (mostly of grey lime-stone) a peculiar lurid yellovp hue, 

 quite unlike the grey dawn of twilight. The leaves of the 

 maple trees, close to the Observatory, were noticed to droop, 

 and the petals of some flowers (the Petunia Phoeniccea) were 

 observed to be partially closed. The effects, if any, on animals, 

 domestic poultry, or birds, were not perceived. This may be 

 owing to the lute hour at which the obscuration occurred, being 

 but a short timo earlier than the usual hour of retirement. 



Table i. — Shmoiiig the Gaseous and Hygrometric State of the Atmosphere. 





4A. om. 



5 " 



25 

 30 " 



35 " 



55 



50 

 55 *' 

 bh. o " 



29.566 



29-483 



0.524 

 o 532 

 0.489 

 0465 

 0.467 

 0.428 

 0-434 

 0-481 

 0-464 

 o.4Sy 

 0-458 

 0-456 

 0-442 

 0-437 

 0-438 

 0-437 

 0-414 

 0-445 

 0-445 

 0.43S 



0-443 

 0-440 

 0-425 

 0-424 



0-425 

 0-43I 

 0-435 

 0-427 

 0-430 

 0-434 

 0-431 

 0-435 

 0-421 

 0-445 



Weight of 

 Vapour. 



S 44 

 5-81 

 5-31 

 5 06 

 S-ii 

 4-68 

 4-77 

 5 28 

 5-14 

 5-38 

 5-03 

 S-oi 

 4.87 

 4.82 

 4 83 

 4-82 

 4-37 

 4-93 

 4-93 



4.76 

 4-88 

 4-72 

 4-73 

 4-74 

 4-73 



4-86 

 4-70 

 4-99 



3-27 

 3-23 

 4-29 

 4-54 

 3-62 

 3-82 

 3- 46 



2-9t 



3-02 



3-20 

 3-13 

 2-94 

 2-95 

 2-94 

 3- 19 

 2-60 

 2 -60 

 2-48 

 2-33 



2-2I 



2-42 

 2.20 

 2. IS 

 2- 10 



1-93 

 I- 92 

 1.67 



0.624 

 0.643 

 0-553 

 0.527 

 0-595 

 o 551 

 0.578 

 0.640 

 o.6og 

 0.672 

 0609 

 0607 

 0.609 

 0.621 

 0.624 

 0.621 

 0.598 

 0.685 

 0-655 

 0.649 

 0.651 

 0690 

 0.687 

 0689 

 0.687 

 o 700 

 0.710 

 0.711 

 0-724 

 0-73I 

 0-754 

 0-734 

 0741 

 0-751 

 0-753 

 0-753 

 0789 



^« 



514-5 

 514-4 

 512.7 

 512.8 

 514-7 

 517-0 

 518.0 

 517-7 

 517-8 

 518-7 

 517-8 

 517-6 

 5189 

 519-9 

 520.0 

 519-9 

 520. 1 

 521.0 

 521.0 

 522.1 

 522.0 

 523-0 

 522.1 

 523.0 

 524-2 

 524-1 

 527 4 

 525-1 

 527 I 

 531-4 

 534-7 

 526-9 

 526-7 

 527-1 

 526-0 

 527-1 

 527-4 



First contact, 

 5A.7m.41.ss 



Greatest obs- 

 curation, 6A. 

 6m. 41s. 



End of Eclipse 

 oh. 58/11. 41s. 



No dew was observed appreciable on a prepared paper 

 exposed for that purpose, although a very sensible increase of the 

 moisture in the atmosphere was distinctly felt. 



