214 Dr. Hale on the Meteorological Journal 
Since the preliminary remarks have passed through the press, 
a further examination has been made of the papers of the late 
Dr. Holyoke, which resulted in the discovery of the continuation 
of his Meterological Journal, down to the time of his death. By 
the continued kindness of his grandson, the papers have been 
transmitted to me, to make such use of them, as should seem 
best calculated to advance the interests of the science which the 
venerable author so long cultivated. 
These additional journals are much less complete than those 
of former years, which were copied out and prepared for pub- 
lication by the author. After 1820, the observations with the 
barometer were discontinued ; and in the later years there are 
more frequent omissions in the other observations; and the 
notices of the states of the weather, and of unusual occurrences, 
are much fewer. It was for these reasons, doubtless, that Dr. 
Holyoke, in preparing his journals to be presented to the 
Academy, which he did with his own hands in the later years 
of his life, thought proper to stop the preparation with the year 
1821. 
Yet there are considerations which give a peculiar interest to 
this portion of the journal, although its value as a matter of science 
may be somewhat less than that of the preceding portions. It 
adds so many years to the length of the journal, already longer, 
as well as more full and accurate, than any of a similar character, 
of which we have any knowledge, that has ever been kept by 
the same individual. It exhibits also a devoted attention to sci- 
entific pursuits at an advanced period of life, to which very 
few, in this age of the world, attain. 
