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RossiA OwENii, Ball. 

 This fine Cuttle-fish, hitherto known only as an Irish species, has 

 been lately taken by Mr. Saxby on the coast of the Isle of Wight. — 

 E. Forbes. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR JAN. 1849. 



Chiswick. — January 1. Overcast: hazy. 2. Clear and frosty. 3. Frosty: dry 

 haze : overcast : frosty. 4. Uniformly densely overcast : rain. 5. Drizzly and 

 foggy. 6. Overcast. 7. Overcast : rain at night. 8. llain. 9. Very fine : 

 slight rain. 10. Cloudy: boisterous: rain. 11. Rain: densely clouded. 12. 

 Frosty: overcast: rain. 13. Densely clouded : rain. H. Rain. 15. Clear. 

 16. Fine : rain. 17. Rain : densely overcast : clear. 18. Fine: boisterous at 

 night. 19, 20. Very fine. 21. Very fine : overcast : boisterous. 22. Boisierous : 

 fine : clear and boisterous. 23. Densely clouded : fine. 24. Cloudy : boisterous 

 at night. 25. Densely clouded : boisterous. 26. Rain : exceedingly fine. 27. 

 Slight frost: overcast: rain. 28. Cloudy: fine. 29. Rain: cloudy and cold : 

 frosty at night. 30. Slight fog : drizzly. 31. Fine : clear and frosty at night. 



Mean temperature of the month 39°'56 



Mean temperature of Jan. 1848 ., 33 '62 



Mean temperature of Jan. for the last twenty years 36 "40 



Average amount of rain in Jan 1*59 inch. 



Boston. — Jan. 1. Cloudy. 2 — 4. Fine. 5,6. Cloudy. 7. Fine: rain early a. jr. 

 8. Rain. 9. Fine: rain p.m. 10. Cloudy : stormy all day. 11. Cloudy: rain 

 early A M. 12. Fine. 13. Rain: rain early a.m. 14. Cloudy : rain early a.m. 

 15. Fine : rain A.M. and P.M. 16. Foggy. 17 — 20. F'ine. 21. Cloudy. 22 — 

 24. Fine. 25. Cloudy. 26. Fine: rain early a.m. 27. Fine: rain p.m. 28. Fine. 

 29. Rain : rain a.m. SO. Cloudy : rain a.m. and p.m. 31. Fine. 



Apjilegarth Manse, Du7nfries- shire. — Jan. 1. Frost moderate. 2. Frost very 

 liard : barometer falling. 3. Frost clear : fine. 4. Frost, but cloudy. 5. Frost : 

 cloudy. 6. Frost : still cloudy. 7. Frost : still more overcast. 8. Thaw : rain : 

 fog : rain again. 9. Frost again: clear a.m. : rain p.m. 10. Heavy rain durincr 

 night : rivers flooded. 11. Frost a.m. : thaw at noon : rain. 12. Soft rain all 

 day. 13. Soft rain : cleared : rain p.m. 14. Gentle frost: cloudy: wind rose. 

 15. Soft: cloudy. 16. Mild and clear after rain a.m. 17. Moist a.m. : rain and 

 high wind p.m. 18. Very fine till noon: rained again. 19. Frost: getting 

 cloudy p.iM. 20 Heavy rain and high wind p.m. : thunder. 21. Storm of wind 

 and rain. 22. Fair, but a storm of wind. 23. Fair a.m. : came on storm, wind 

 and ra'n. 24. Rain nearly all day : wind high. 25. Fair and keen a.m. : wet 

 p.m. : high wind. 26. Fair a.m. : rain p.m. 27. Snow : rain : wind high, 28. 

 Frost ; clear : dull p.m. 29. Frost and snow : thaw and rain. 30. Frost mode- 

 rate. 31. Thaw and showery. 



Mean temperature of the month 36°'35 



Mean temperature of Jan. 1848 33 -80 



Mean temperature of Jan. for the last twenty-five years . 34 "90 



Rain 3-70 inches. 



Rain in January 1848 2-34 „ 



Average amount of rain in Jan. for the last twenty years 2-60 „ 

 Sundivick Manse, Orkney. — Jan. I. Cloudy. 2. Bright : cloudy. 3. Cloudy. 

 4. Cloudy : frost : snow-showers. 5. Bright : cloudy. 6. Snow. 7. Thaw : 

 clear. 8. Rain; showers. 9. Showers: cloudy. 10. Rain: snow. 1]. Snow. 

 12. Rain : showers. 13. Showers. 14. Showers : sleet-showers. 15. Showers. 

 16. Showers: cloudy. 17, 18. Showers. 19. Showers: clear. 20. Cloudy. 

 21. Rain : showers. 22. Sleet-showers. 23. Sleet-showers : rain. 24. Rain*: 

 sleet-showers : cloudy. 25. Sleet-showers: aurora. 26. Sleet-showers : clouvly. 

 27. Bright : sleet-showers. 28. Sleet-showers : clear. 29. Frost : cloudy. 30. 

 Snow: sleet: showers. 31. Sleet-showers: showers. 



* From 9 P.M. on 23rd till 2 p.m. on 24th (about 17 hours) 2-08 inches of rain 

 fell. 



