384 Miscellanies. 
October 0th. gags and rain.—9. P. M. of the 19th, wind N. E.—Barometer 
.028 blowing fresh—Thermometer 37, falling. At half past 3 
Po M. of 20th, wind shifted to S. E. ends storm began.—Between 
4 and 5 A.M. blew a gale, heavy rain in a rae 
falling rapidly —9 A. M. storm still raging—10, began to abate, 
and shortly after wind shifted to S. and gradually died away.- 
Fall of Barometer .540 in 12 hours—tain fallen half an inch. 
25th.—Snow storm—from N. by W.—began 4 A M,—snowed till 11 A. 
and then rained all day—heavy wind. 
-November 4th to Sth, Gale fi from N. W. with ssschionileii 8 AvM. of 4th 
4th. ae brilliant Aurora—commenced at 6 P. M.—at half oget 8 at- 
ined its greatest 5 sop crimson —s darting 
ove the zenith to we 
16th. es snow storm fom N. E, d-3 P. M. —lasted till 
7PM : 
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“19th —Steady 1 rain, set in at 10 P. M. id pantiudd without intermission 
_during the 20th, ist, to 9 P. M. 22d—at which proud stopped, 
wind N. E—blowing fresh—Barometer 28.87 
23d, 24th, 25th.—Heavy and continued gale from S. S. W.—Snow on 25th. 
November 30th to Decomber 13th.—Extraordinary mild season—warm rains—nav- 
igation open—steamers plyi ing to the 13th December inelusive. 
December 21st. —Caldent day—Thermometer varying from —14 to —18 according 
to situation. 
26th. -Ext linary rise and fall of Baroniever ee 
9 ALM. 26th, .°..29.516 | 
—- 9 A. M. 27th, . . 30.534 rise 1.018 
iS Bo 2 9 A. M. 28th, . . 29-964 fall 570 
9. Geslagicad Sievege —Meiy engagements. aid doties have caused 
us to fall in arrears in regard to several valuable Belogical reports, par- 
ticularly of New York, Maine, and Massachusetts ;* but without proffer- 
ae a pledge we may not have it in our eres to Raioecs. as soon as we 
could desire, we trust that we shall be able hereafter to gratify our own 
— doing justice to able and faithful — in — different 
and responsibl¢ fields of science and economics. 
10. Dr. Mantel?’s Wonders of Geology.—This fine work was men- 
tioned fully in our July number. Although it was ‘published in London 
only in March, the second thousand of copies was nearly sold in ka ot 
ber, and a new edition is expected early in the present year, 1 
Arrangements have been made with the author and publisher by which 
Mr. A. H. Maltby of New Haven will publish the new edition in this 
country as soon as it can cross the ocean, and by the author’s approba- 
tion it will appear under the direction of Prof. Silliman with introductory 
remarks by sl paper, type and ilastrations, identical with those of the 
London editi : 
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1836.—Eps. 
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