1806.] 



Meteorological Report. 



419 



Hitherto, in tliis county, we have feit fo little of the equinoxiul gales, that in iny iiie- 

 morauda lor the munth [ do not find any remark of the wind Ijaving been particularly 

 high. 



I am informed that woodcocks were obferved for the firfl: time a few days ago, in fome 

 parts of Dorl'etlliire. All the birds of the fwallow tribe left us before the 17th of "Oftor 

 ber ; I have not ohferved any of them for fe»eral days paft, and the imraenfe flocks 

 which a little while ago fwarmed around the towers of churches and other high buildings 

 are not now to be feen. 



The goat fuckers {ci^primulgui eurcfaus) have likewife taken their leave of us for this 

 year. 



Salmon fifhiiip: is over for the feafon, and the herrings are daily expected ; but I am in- 

 formed that none of the flioals have yet been feen in the neighbourhood of our coalls. 



The fky-larks, wood-larks, and blackbirds, are all yet occalioaally heard to ling. 



Abdul the latter end of September I, '.'jr the firft time, obferved the fatiVou butterfly 

 (pafi/io hyale of- Linnaus) on wing. I have frequently iiit:i\ this beautiful and fomewhat 

 uncoiumun infeet ttutlcring about the lanes and hedges lince. 



The goffamcr now floats in the air in confiderable abundance ; I firft remark>-d that the 

 calkins of the hazel were formed 'bu the 20th of September ; and thofe of tlic birch I ob- 

 ferved a few da^s dtterwards — Sept. '26, meadow faftVun (^co!ck:cum aw.wnnale) in flower. 

 —Sept. 30, the fruit of the inouniain afli, elder, hawthorn, floe, and biillace trees, either 

 perfectly ripe or very nearly fo. — The ivy has been in flower fince about the 1ft qf 

 Oftober, an<4 the berries of fonie of the trees are now beginning to appear. The fruit of 

 the holly is ripe. 



Hampjhire. 



MJn EUJIOLOGIC AL liEPuRT. 



ObjlrvatioHS on the State qf ttic Weather, from the J24th of September to t/te 2Ath 



of Oiiober, 1806, incliijivc, Two Mites N.W. of St. Paul's. 



Higheft 30.33. 

 ]-owcft 2B.77. 



Barometer. 



Oa. 7. Wind N.W. 

 Oct. Ut>. Wind N. 



cft^ 

 in > 1.1 



Create I 

 vari itlon in V 1.09 Inch. 

 Hi hours. % 



Higheft 68'. 

 Loweft 34°. 



Thermometer, 



Sept. V9. Wind S.W. 



Oct. 2.i 



Wind N. 



/■ Early in the morn- 

 Eetween the i ing ot the 'il'd, the 



evenings of the Greateft J j tliermomcter was as 



i/d a.-.d i.'jd inft. variation in V IQ*. < high as ."j J", but at the 

 the mercury role 2-i hours. \ ifaiiie iiour on the 23d, 



u-om2o.yto29.99. fit was no hiijhcr than 



The quantity of rain fallen in the courl'e of this month, is equal to 2.24 Inches in depth. 



Tlie average height of the barometer for the prefent month is equal to 29.9 inches ; that 

 of the thirmomcter is •■2.;), which is more tliidiS" higher than it was during the faux period 

 of laft year. With the exception of a ie\* days, the weather has not only been mild, but the 

 atniofpliire has been very clear and bright. A few luoriiings have been accoii|panied with 

 fogs, but tliefc have generally given way to the fuu's beams by ten or eleven o'clock Oil 

 this tide of the metropolis, hay was made, and got in tolerably well, as late as the 6th or 

 ■7tli of Oi-tober. The only remarkable variation in the barometer is notcti above: it rofe 

 iie:!rly ail inch and a tenth in the courfe of 24 hours. '1 he mercury had been gradiuilly 

 falling from the li»th inftaiit till the middle of the 22d, il was ih-.-n as low b3 2^.77 ; in tliu 

 ftiite it did not remain more than about an hour, when it began to rile, at firft very gra- 

 dually, but by the evening of the 23d it ftood as high uS 29.99. 



'Ibe wind has been variable; and the number of very bright days have not been fewer 

 than fixtccn or feventeen out of the thirty. 



The followin<i additional Obfervations have been communicated bjj Mr. Lorrr. 



FIIOM the 201)1 of September to the 20th of October, there have been many bright 

 days, and fine (lar-light nights. 



Monday, October 13, anieteor was feen, though not by me, both at Trodon and Tain- 

 wnrth (a vlllitge about 3 miles S. W. of Troilon), about ^ after 5 in the evening; a lull 

 tiviliv'lit, and before any ftars could be feen. 



It feems to have firft ap|)cared not very much below the zenith of thefe places ; and 

 tlience to have ficfcended, with a flow motion, toward the eartern horizon } when it was 

 witliiii not many degrees (prvhrips 20 or 2.7 of the horizon), to have continued a lil;e even 

 and How motion, nearly jiarallel to the horizon, nortliward I'f the eftft : its train alfo nearly 

 parallel with the line of its motion. It was of a ver^' vivid white light refembliiig a ft:ir, 

 but appearing much laigi'r. It was followed by a train, ihort, but v>^ry Lrillianl ; and 

 Y'liicli, by the beft defciiption, was pnfm-fjrmedi broader next the head ol the meteor, 

 a and 



