Celestial Pliemmenafrom Od. 1. 1831 to Jan. 1. 1832. 383 



On the 24th of October, there will be an occultation of Aldebaran by the 

 Moon : 



Immersion, 24. 45, at 75= 



Emersion, 1 53, at 28G 



On the 25th of November, there will be an occultation of Reguhis by 

 the Moon : 



Immersion, 25. !.'. .'. under the horizon. 



Emersion, 22 29, at 210» 



On the 27th of November, there will be an occultation o£ Saturn by the 

 jMoon : 



D. H. I 



Immersion of centre, .... 27. 4 IC, at 28" 



Emersion, 5 26, at 248 



On the 17th of December, there will be an occultation of Aldeharan by 

 the Moon : 



Immersion, 17. 22 38, at C8^ 



Emersion, 23 35, at 330 



On the 23cl of December, there will be an occultation of Regulus by the 

 Moon : 



Immersion, ....... 23. t' 17 at 104° 



Emersion, 8 18 at 282 



The angle denotes the point of the Moon's limb where the phenomena 

 will take place, reckoning from the vertex of the limb towards the right hand 

 round the circumference, as seen with a telescope which inverts. 



SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 



METEOROLOGY. 



1 . On Change of Climate.— The principal apprehension at 

 present in Norway arises from the too rapid destruction of 

 their forests, to the existence of which they attribute, with appa- 

 rent reason, the superior mildness of their chmate to countries 

 under the same latitude. {Life of Bishop Hehcr, vol. i. p. 80). 

 " The resemblance of the Tanais (Don) to the Nile has been re- 

 marked by many writers ; but that these ample downs, whither 

 its fertilizing waters cannot extend, have not since degenerated 

 into a desert, like those of the Thebais, must be ascribed to the 



