158 Meteorological Observations made at Clapton. 
garden, and near to the house, making a dismal and pitiful deep 
cry: during the snow I observed a nnmber on a tree, all with 
their heads to the N. facing the wind. 
Jan, 25.—Clear A.M.; cloudy P.M.; falling Barometer. 
Therm. 11 P.M. 27. N. SW. 
Jan. 26.—Barom. 29.70.—29.39. Therm. 34°. 33°. S. The 
sky was cloudy, with small snow, and the temperature remarkably 
uniform throughout the day. 
Jan. 27.—Barometer 29.35.—29.20. Therm. all day 33°, 
Cloudy and thaw. 8. Calm. 
Jan, 28.—Barom. 29.30.—29.28. Therm. 33°. 30° Small 
sleet from the S. 
Jan. 29.—The Barometer fell much during last night; at 
eight this morning was 28,58., and in the afternoon down so 
low as 28.25.! Therm. about 33°. Clouded, with storms of 
wind at night. SW. 
Jan. 30.—Barom. rising again 29.05.—29.30. Therm. 33°, 
Wind got to NW. Floods much out in the marshes of the river 
Lea, particularly towards night, when the waters covered the 
road, and were over the foot-bridge several inches *. 
Jan. 31.—Barom. 29.38.—29.58. Therm. 27° 35°. S. N. 
SW. Stratus—snowing. 
Feb. |.—Barom. 29.88.—30.10. Therm. 30°. 29°. NW.— 
NE. Clear morning; unwholesome kind of day; lobated cirro- 
stratus and thaw again P.M. (The lobated cirrostratus is a 
cloud having the shallowness and light evanescent texture of one 
kind of cirrostratus, but with the rounded superficies of the cirro- 
cumulus : when it supervenes on a frosty and clear day, it is often 
a token of a state of air which affects the nervous system, and 
produces illness in many people : I have noticed this repeatedly. 
Feb, 2.—Barom. 29.95.—30.10. NW. Clear and frosty. 
Feb. 3.—Barom. 30.10.—30.05. Therm. 24°. White frost 
and cirrostratus. 
Feb, 4.—Clear—Coming warmth, as indicated by the cirrocu- 
mulative tendency of the light clouds by night. _Barom. 30.10.— 
30.22. 
Feb. 5.,—Rather warmer ; clouded sky, and thaw. 
* T noticed during the thawing of the snow to-day, that before the snow 
had so far melted as to leave the ground in general bare, a circular disk of 
earth was discerned round the roots of the stems of the trees and shrubs in 
the varden; a circumstance which seems to show that heat was trans- 
mitted from vegetable bodies. If vegetables as wellas animals did not pos-/ 
sess internal sonrces of heat, it seems that their juices must be frozen 
during hard frosts, and life often destroyed. The circumstance above al- 
luded to corroborated this doctrine, and inclines one to think that the 
communication of the warmth is more considerable than is usually ima- 
gined. 
Fel. 
