518 Meteorological Observations. 
said, created a scarcity of that article at Cairo, owing to the enormous 
supply which the cravings of the young animal required, whilst under 
the fostering care of our excellent Chargé d’ Affaires the Hon. Mr. 
Murray ; to ‘whom, after the princely donor, Abbas Pacha, zoologists 
at home are chiefly indebted for the present opportunity of studying 
this most remarkable and interesting African mammal, of which no 
living specimen has been seen in Europe since the period when they 
were last exhibited by the third Gordian in the Amphitheatre of Im- 
perial Rome. 
I remain, my dear Sir, yours very faithfully, 
Richard Taylor, Esq., F.LS. &e. Ricuarp Owen. 
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR APRIL 1850, 
Chiswick.— April 1. Overcast: rain. 2. Cloudy: clear. 3. Fine: showery at 
night. 4. Boisterous, with rain. 5. Cloudy and rather boisterous: fine: clear. 
6. Overcast. 7. Cloudy and fine. 8. Foggy: overcast: slight showers. 9. 
Cloudy. 10. Very fine. 11. Rain: showery: overcast. 12. Fine: hot sun: 
thunder commenced 3 past 12 noon: overcast at night. 13. Hazy: rain. 14. 
Hazy: rain at night. 15. Rain: very heavy rain in sled sane cloudy. 16. 
Showery. 17. Low white clouds: fine throughout. Clear: very fine. 
19. Rain. 20. Showery. 21. Slight rain: cloudy. 22. Fine: clear. 23. Over- 
cast: cloudy. 24. Clear: fine. 25. Fine: overcast and cold: clear at night. 
26. Cloudy and cold. 27. Fine, butcold. 28, 29, Cloudy: fine, but cold, with 
excessively dry air. 30. Fine: cloudy. 
Mean temperature of the month ...........0. aewisleltiea tates ate -. 48°41 
Mean temperature of April 1849 ............seseeseenes Sohcosocce 44 °29 
Mean temperature of April for the last twenty-four years... 47 53 
Average amount of rain in April ........sccescssececscercersseees 1°46 inch. 
Boston.— April 1. Cloudy. 2. Cloudy: rainr.m. 93. Fine. 4. Cloudy: 
rain a.m. 5. Cloudy. 6. Cloudy: raine.m, 7. Cloudy. 8. Cloudy: rain a.m. 
andr.m. 9. Cloudy: rainr.m. 10. Fine. 11, 12. Cloudy. 13. Cloudy: 
rainr.m. 14. Cloudy. 15. Cloudy: rain early a.m. 16. Cloudy: rain a.m. 
and p.m. 17. Cloudy: rain. 18. Fine. 19. Cloudy: raina.m. 20,2i. Cloudy: 
rain p.m. 22. Cloudy. 23. Cloudy: rain. 24. Cloudy. 25. Fine. 26—28, 
Cloudy. 29. Cloudy: rain r.m. 30. Cloudy. 
Applegarth Manse, Dumfries- shire.— April 1, 2. Rain, moderate. 3. Rain: 
mild: heavy p.m. 4. Rain heavy during night: drizzling throughout the day. 
5. Rain in the night: dry and windy. "6 Heavy showers all day. 7. Rain: 
cleared p.m. 8. Rain. 9. Slight shower. 10. Rainin the night. 11. Frost: 
clear sunshine. 12. Fine day. 13. Fine a.m.: cold and windy p.m. 14. Strong 
cold east wind. 15. Rainand high wind. 16. Fair and fine: slight drizzle p.m. 
17. Fine: shower heavy p.m. 18. Mild: growing shower. 19. Rain early a.m.: 
fair day. 20. Rain early: showery day. 21. Fair and fine. 22. Cold and clear. 
2s. Cold and clear: slight frost. 24. Cold and clear: frost a.m. 25. Rainand 
wind: boisterous. 26. Fair: cold. 27. Fair: clear and cold. 28. Fair a.m. : 
slight shower p.m. 29. Frost early. 20. Cold: a few drops of rain. 
Mean temperature of the Month  ........ssesseeseseeeeeeeeesvens 46°°3 
Mean temperature of April 1849 ........:scscecsesscsceceeeeeeces 42 °3 
Mean temperature of April for the last twenty-eight years . 44 °3 
Raith invA prs 849" ba ccviecascwountonsesesesessetnccsiceciscresases 2-52 inches. 
Rain in April for twenty-three years ....cc..scssecessereereeees 1:76 inch. 
Sandwick Manse, Orkney.—April 1. Fog : damp, 2. Cloudy: rain. 3. Damp. 
4. Rain. 5. Drizzle. 6. Cloudy: hazy a.m. 7. Cloudy: drops a.m. 8. Rain: 
cloudy. 9. Drizzle: showers. 10. Hazy: seus 11. Drops: damp. 12. Bright : 
fine. 13. Cloudy: clear. 14. Clear: cloudy. 15. Drizzle: cloudy. 16. Rain: 
cloudy. 17. Cloudy. 18. Showers: bright: cloudy. 19. Cloudy: showers ; 
cloudy. 20. Bright: cloudy. 21. Cloudy: drops. 22. Bright: clear. 23, 
24. Cloudy. 25. Bright: clear. 26. Cloudy: drops, 27. Clear: fine. 28. 
Cloudy: fine. 29,30. Drops: cloudy. 
