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Brown”’—thus pretending to assume either that it was in contem- 
plation to propose to him to accept the Presidency on some conditions 
different from those of the Charter, or that he himself desired to do 
so: whereas the writer, if he has the acquaintance with the affairs of 
the Society to which he pretends, must have been perfectly aware that 
no such question had ever been broached.—R. T. 
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR NOV. 1849. 
Chiswick.—November 1. Fine. 2. Foggy: very fine. 3. Densefog. 4. Foggy: 
cloudy at night. 5. Cloudless and fine. 6. Clear. 7. Rain. 8. Densely over- 
cast. 9. Overcast: fine: overcast. 10. Exceedingly fine. 11. Clear and fine: 
fogey at night. 12. Foggy: hazy. 13. Fine: rain. 14. Heavy rain: clear at 
night. 15. Clear: cloudy: clear. 16. Fine. 17. Clear. 18. Overcast: slight 
rain: showery at night. 19. Hazy. 20. Uniformly overcast. 21, Hazy. 22. 
Foggy : overcast. 23. Overcast: rain. 24. Foggy. 25. Foggy: cloudy: clear. 
26. Foggy: cloudy and cold: clear: sharp frost at night. 27. Sharp frost: 
clear: foggy. 28. Frosty and foggy: clear and frosty: foggy. 29. Overcast : 
fine: overcast. 30. Constant rain. 4 
Mean temperature of the month ............066 Spoceec contest AN OO 
Mean temperature of Nov. 1848 ...........+++ SOS CORRES SIAOGe 41 ‘18 
Mean temperature of Nov. for the last twenty-three years 43 °41 
Average amount of rain in November ......seesssseseeeees .-. 2°56 inches. 
Boston.—Nov. 1. Cloudy. 2. Fine. 3,4. Foggy. 5,6. Fine. 7. Cloudy: 
rain a.M.and p.m. 8—10. Cloudy. 11. Fine. 12. Foggy. 13—17. Fine. 
18. Clondy: rain a.m. 19, 20. Fine. 21, 22. Cloudy. 23. Cloudy: rain p.m. 
24—96. Fine. 27. Fine: snow a.m. 28. Snow. 29. Cloudy. 30. Rain: 
rain A.M. 
The following are the averages for Oct. 1849, with which we have been favoured 
by our correspondent Mr. W. Veall of Boston, whose report did not arrive in time 
for our last Number. 
Barometer. Thermometer. Rain in inches. 
29°46 488 3°32 
Applegarth Manse, Dumfries-shire— Nov. 1. Rain during night: cleared p.m. 
2, Raw frost a.m.: rain: fog r.m. 3. Raw frost again: threatening rain. 4, 
Fine a.m. : rain and high wind p.m. 5. Heavy showers all day. 6. Hard frost 
A.M.: storm of snow p.m. 7. Frost: snow nearly all day. 8—10. Slight drizzle: 
damp all day. 11. Heavy rain and thick. 12. Dull a.m.: fine noon: wet p.m. 
13. Heavy showers, with blasts. 14. Clear and cold, with showers. 15, 16. 
Frost ; clear and fine. 17. Close rain and inist all day. 18. Rain during night: 
mild: rain, 19. Rain during night: cleared: warm. 20. Rain and fog all day. 
21. Fair, but dull. 22. Rain and fog throughout. 23. Rain and fog: cleared 
p.M. 24. Frost, hard: grew mild. 25, Frost not so hard: rain: fog. 26. Frost 
hard again. 27. Frosthard all day. 28, Frost very hard. 29. Snow: hard 
frost: rain p.m. 30. Thick fog: heavy rain : cleared. 
Mean temperature of the month ...... poinconieconcesadconsonbsc Fo C2220) 
Mean temperature of Nov, 1848 .......... cusprcnadesaeor seondada Ne! 
Mean temperature of Nov. for the last twenty-five years ... 40 °4 
Mean rain in November for twenty years .........sssseeeees +» 3°60 inches. 
Sandwick Manse, Orkney.—Nov. 1. Fine: large halo: aurora, 2. Showers, 
3. Fine: showers. 4. Cloudy: showers. 5. Showers. 6,7. Snow: snow- 
showers. &. Snow-showers: rain. 9, Cloudy. 10. Showers. 11. Bright: 
cloudy: aurora, 12. Bright: clear: aurora. 13. Showers: aurora. 14. Bright: 
clear: aurora. 15. Bright: frost: showers. 16. Clear: frost: clear. 17, 
Showers: rain. 18. Drizzle: clear. 19. Fine: clear: aurora. 20. Drizzle: 
damp. 21. Cloudy: damp. 22. Fine: clear. 23. Rain. 24, Fine: clear: 
aurora. 25. Fine: frost: clear. 26. Rain. 27. Clear. 28. Clear: frost: cloudy. 
29. Bright: showers. 30. Fine. 
