80 Mr, Howard's Meteorological Journah [Jan. 1820. 



REMARKS. 



Eleventh Month, — 1. Overcast. 2. Cirrus, Cirrocumulus, Cirrostratus. 3. Fine 

 4. Cloudy : lunar halo. 5. Overcast: lunar halo. 6. Cirrus, Cirrocumulus : lunar 

 halo. 7. Cloudy: rain. 8. Fine: Cirrus. 9. Fine: a swallow seen this morn- 

 ing. 10. Rain. 11. Gloomy: drizzling. 12, 13. Cloudy. 14, 15. Gloomy. 

 16. Rainy. 17. Drizzling. 18, 19. Cloudy. 20. Fine day; rainy evening. 

 21. Overcast: windy. 22. Fine. 23, 24. Hoarfrost in the mornings: misty. 

 25. Foggy day: lunar halo. 26. The roads and footpaths coated with ice: 

 cloudy: snow at night. 27. Misty: much rime on the trees: some snow early 

 this morning. 28. Hoar frost: misty: rain at night. 29. Very moist air: a 

 condensation ou the outo'rfe of the windows: rain, with wind. 30. Rain. 



RESULTS. 

 Winds: N, 1; NE, 6; E, 1; SW, 5; W, 3 ; NW,14. 



Barometer : Mean height 



For the month 29'80I inches.. 



For the lunar period, ending the 8th 29'837 



For 15 days, ending the 13lh (moon north) 29-781 



For 13 days, ending the 26lh (moon south) 29-823 



Thermometer: Mean height 



For the month 39-81o 



For the lunar period (as above) 44'44 



For 30 days, the sun in Scorpio 40'61 



Hygrometer: Mean for the month S3 



Evaporation 1*15 inch.. 



Rain 2-12 



Rain at Tottenham 2*00 



Stratford, Twelfth Month, 20, \S19. L. HOWARD, 



Large Meteor. Tottenham, Eleventh Month, 18. — At about 10 minutes past five^ 

 p. m. a brilliant meteor appeared in the west : it was first seen descending from 

 the zenith, at an angle of 45°, with a slow and steady motion towards the north. 

 It showed much larger than the planet Venus when at full, exhibiting a body of 

 yellow flame rather drawn out behind, and burning quietly without sparks. 

 When the combustion ceased, there remained a matter faintly luminous, which 

 gradually became extinct as it passed below the westernmost stars of Ursa Major,. 

 The twilight was pretty strung in the south-west at the time. 



PrcEternatural Vegetation. — Some of the horse chesnut trees on our green (at 

 Tottenham) have this year exhibited a pretty complete double vegetation. The 

 trees in question are rather unhealthy, and probably stand in a bed of dry gravelly- 

 soil ; the others in loam. Towards the declineof the summer, after having flowered 

 abundantly and perfected the fruit, they shed their leaves, which had been spoiled 

 by the drought and dust. Immediately on feeling tlie effect of the rains about the 

 autumnal equinox, they put forth leaves and blossoms a second time, exhibiting 

 for several weeks a very singular and pleasing contrast to the now mature and 

 brownish foliage of the more healtliy individuals of the same species. The new 

 fruit set pretty well even on tlie branches on which the old remained, and was as 

 large as a pea ; when the premature approach of winter, shortening the duration of 

 the autumnal season, notwithstanding the protracted summer had delayed its 

 arrival, brought down both new and old, with the foliage remaining on the respect- 

 ive trees, together. L. Hi. 



