454: Meteorological Observations. 
characters of a true mould. They are not reproduced at the death 
of the animal. This substance differs moreover by its internal cha- 
racters from the parasitic Cryptogamia, which are in other insects 
signs of disease and of death.— Bibliotheque Universelle, June 1849. 
METEORS. 
On the 24th, about 84 p.m., I saw two fine meteors in a north-east 
direction, one about ten minutes after the other. The former seemed 
to burst like a sky-rocket and fall a little way ; the latter to shoot in 
a north direction and fall to the horizon in pieces of blue colour. 
On the 30th, a little before 7 p.m., a very splendid one was seen in 
this parish and also in Kirkwall, which is nearly twenty miles off. 
Here it appeared first near the zenith and travelled westward.— 
Rey. C. Cirousron, Sandwick Manse, Orkney. 
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR ocr. 1849. 
Chiswick. —October 1. Drizzly: overcast. 2. Cloudy. 3. Constant heavy rain, 
4. Heavy rain in the morning: showery. 5. Clear: fine: overcast. 6. Fine: 
rain at night. 7. Hazy: cloudy: rain, 8. Cloudy and cold: clear: slight frost 
at night. 9, Clear: very fine: frosty at night. 10, Dense fog: very fine: clear, 
WW: Cloudy : clear. 12. Cloudy and cold: clear. 13. Rain. 14. Cloudy and 
cold. 15. Fine: clear at night. 16. Foggy: hazy: overcast. 17. Cloudy and 
fine. 18. Very fine: clear at night. 19. Slight fog: exceedingly fine: clear. 
20. Very fine. 21. Hazy: clouds: rain, 22. Foggy: fine. 23. Cloudy and 
fine. 24. Overcast: fine. 25. Showery. 26. Cloudy. 27. Drizzly. 28. Over- 
cast: very fine. 29. Foggy: exceedingly fine. 30, 31. Very fine. 
Mean temperature of the month ..........ceeeeeeeeeeeees weeee 49°58 
Mean temperature of Oct. 1848  ........seeeeeeeee aaoosacbones 49 °59 
Mean temperature of Oct. for the last twenty-three years 50 ‘51 
Average amount of rain in October ...... Aapoheiouad 00 sda 2°58 inches. 
Applegarth Manse, Dumfries-shire.— Oct. 1. Fair, but damp and raw. 2. Frost, 
hard: clear and fine. %. Frost: rain p.m.: snow onthe hills. 4. Frost a.m. 
5. Frost s.m.: shower p.m. 6. Frost still harder: thermometer 243°. 7. Frost 
milder: windhigh. 8. Cold, but little frost: fine. 9. Frost hard again: shower P.M. 
10. Frost hard: fine day. 11. Frost slight: a few drops. 12—14. Frost slight: 
clear and fine. 15. Frost: cloudy. 16. Little or no frost: cloudy. 17. Frost 
hard again: rain p.m. 18. Mild: rain: cleared p.m. 19. Mild: cloudy: 
threatening rain. 20. Fair: variable: high wind p.m. 21. Showers, but mild. 
22. Slight frost a.m.: heavy rain p.m. 23. Mild: rain during night: rain p.m. 
24, Rain all day: flood. 25. Rainallday: fog: flood. 26. Fine: one shower: 
cleared. 27, Rain again: thick weather. 28. Fine: clear. 29. Frost a.m. : 
fine: cloudy p.m, 30. Dark and cloudy: rain p.m. 31. Showery all day: mild. 
Mean temperature of the Month  .........seesesceseceeeerceees soa 4420 
Mean temperature of Oct. 1848 .......... SGbtonsbaccHDaSeHEOICDS 46 °5 
Mean temperature of Oct. for the last twenty-five years ... 46 °6 
Mean rain in October ...... ehccacubestes sucaseene seccaneieer se 3°25 inches. 
Rain, number of days in which it fell, 15. Average rain 
in Oct. for twenty years ......... bbs ous sis deeseseeeencee emer S56 ess 
Sandwick Manse, Orkney.—Oct. 1. Bright : hail-showers. 2. Sleet-showers. 
Clear: frost. 4. Showers: clear: frost. 5. Clear: showers. 6. Bright: 
at frost. 7. Clear: aurora. 8. Clear: showers. 9. Sleet-showers: clear. 
10. Fine: very clear: aurora. 11. Frost: fine: very clear: aurora. 12. Fine: 
very clear. 13. Cloudy: aurora. 14. Bright: clear: aurora. 15. Showers. 
16. Cloudy. 17. Bright: showers: cloudy. 18. Drizzle: cloudy. 19. Bright: 
showers : cloudy. 20. Showers: cloudy. 21. Cloudy: showers. 22 Cloudy: 
fine: showers. 23. Showers: clear: aurora. 24. Fine: aurora. 25. Rain: 
fine: aurora. 26. Showers: clear. 27. Bright: showers. 28. Bright: showers ; 
clear. 29. Rain:cloudy. $0. Cloudy: showers: aurora. 31. Bright: fine. 
