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Meteorological Report. 



[Aug. I, 



A male and female of the privet hawk moth, ffb'mx Hgufli:, were brooght to me about 

 the middle of June. The female had tiepofited all her eggs before (he was caught. 



The rofe-chaffeis, Jccrahjeui auratut, are now f'.en on the flowers of feveral of the garden 

 plants ■ 



On the evening of the 20th of June, as 1 was walking along the road, a fmall luminou* 

 objeft pafled fo near mc, that I fnapped at and caught it in my hand. I found it a male 

 elow-worm. This is tiie only one that I ever faw on wing. Since this timu 1 have litea 

 told of no fewer than tour, which in different evenings have entered the window of a gentle- 

 man's houfe in my neighbourhood. 



A ihoal of mullet, mugil cephaluSf approached the coaft on the 10th of June, and in one 

 ret about feven hundred weight were caught. 1 have not fince heard of their being taken, 

 except inl'mall numbers. 



On the tOth of June the net belonging to the only mackrel boit then employed, caught 

 about eight thoufjnd of thefe fifli ; and in tlie following evening eleven boats went out, and 

 in all the nets a very great number were taken. A north-ea!t wind prevailed for fomc dayi 

 afterwards, which again drove the flioal out to lea, and from this time, till the night of the 

 Sd of July, very few, if any, were to be fetn. But on that evening ftveral thoufands were 

 taken by the nets of all the boats. 



A few fcdds, fccmbcr trachurus, fcldom, however, more than eight or nine iaches in length, 

 are occuhonaUy brought in by the mackrel nets 



Amongft othei vor-icious filh which pujrfued the mackrel to our coafls was a Port-beagle, or 

 Cornidi fharl:, nbout five feet in lenjtli. It got entangled in a chowl net, which was laid to 

 catch falmon j and, on taking up the net at the enluing tide, it was found there dead. In 

 ftiuggling to elcape, it is moft probable that it had '.)entcn i:fcU' to death. 



1 he falmon aic not yet caught in any great numbers. They feem, on this coait, tadiml- 

 Tilih in qu.intity every year. 

 IljrKpjhiic, 



N.B.Krrorsoftho prefsin thelaft month's Ri.port, p, .591, 1.46, for*' traivling" xeaA "haw!- 

 ing ;" 1. -lil, for " bier, at Jca,'" read, " becnjtcn at fm y" p. 592, 1. 33, for ^'pafiho tarda y.:- 

 ^cSf" rc.id, ^* fap'dio cardaminesJ" 



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METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. 



Chjcrvatiom on the State of the Weathfr, from the 24th of June to the Q4lh of 

 July, 1Q06,' incliiftve, Tuo'Miles N.W. of St. Paul's. 



Barometer. 

 Higheft.'^O.SO., July 10. Wind S. W. 

 towctt '29t5b., July 24. Wind South. 



Cre.Ueft i 30 hun- 

 \ariatiort in ^ dredths of- 

 m hours. \ an inch. 



Between the 



I mornings of the 

 9th and 10th, the 

 I mercury rofe from 

 '29.aii to30.i20. 



Tbermomi:ter. 

 Higheft m", July 10. Wind S. W. 



Loweft 45°, June 27 & 28. Wind N. E. 



/ Early in the morn» 



\ing of the 10th the 



Created / j thermometer was only 



variation in \ ll''.< 58° ; but on the 11th, 



2-i hours. \ J at the faine hour, it 



f was as high as 72. 



The quantity of rain fallen fince our laft is equal to full eight inches in depth. The 

 heavy rains, attended with much thunder and lightning, are the principal features that 

 mark this month's ftate of the weather. The ruins have however, a/ter a long drought, 

 been very leafonable, unkfs in places where the corn has been beaten down by their great 

 ftrength. 



The thunder ftcrm on the 24th inftant was by much the mo!t terrific we have witnefled 

 for a confidcrablc time ; it vvas, however, not general, and in fome inrtances we know it 

 did net extend but to a very flic.rt diilance with any degree of violence. It commenced about 

 two o'clock, being preceded with great darkncfs. The wind blew a bri/k breeze from the' 

 S. \V., while the clouds rofe rapidly in the fouth-eaflerly dircdlion, and crolVingthe current 

 ot air, at length burrt over the metropolis in a fucceflion of »remendous explofions, refem- 

 biing difchargesof artillery. The ftorm lafted nearly an hour, in the courfe of which the 

 rainftllin fuch prodigious torrents as to refemble, it is laid, the periodical rains within the 

 tropical climates. Much damage vas done in fomc parts of the metropolis and its neighboui- 

 hood. 



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