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Mr. Waterhouse, in a letter to Mr. Cuming, writes as follows re- 

 specting this liyrax : — 



" The Hijrax is certainly distinct from the two species which I am 

 acquainted with, viz. H. Capeasis and H. Syriacus, and upon com- 

 paring the skin with the description of H. arboreus, the only other 

 described species, I find several discrepancies which lead me to believe 

 it will prove distinct. I allude more especially to the texture of the 

 fur. In Mr. Fraser's Fernando Po animal the fur is coarse, whilst 

 in H. arboreus it is said to be soft. This latter animal moreover 

 has a transverse black stripe about the middle of the lower jaw which 

 does not exist in Mr. Fraser's species." — Proe. Zool. Soc. Nov. 23, 

 1852. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR JUNE 1854. 



Chiswick. — June 1. Fine : cloudy. 2. Rain. 3. Cloudy : clear. 4. Cloudy : 

 clear and cold at night. 5. Uniformly overcast : fine. 6. Cloudy and cold. 

 7, 8. Cloudy. 9. Overcast. 10. Fine. 11. Fine : overcast. 12. Densely clouded : 

 slight shower : very clear at night. 13. Rain: clear. 14. Cloudy: very fine. 

 15. Hazy and drizzly. 16. Hazy: rain. 17. Uniformly overcast : very fine: 

 clear. 18. Clear and very fine. 19. Very fine : cold at night. 20. Slight haze : 

 cloudy : fine : clear. 21. Fine : cloudy : rain. 22. Very fine. 23. Uniformly 

 overcast : very fine : clear. 24,25. Cloudy and fine. 26. Fine. 27. Fine: rain 

 at night. 28. Showery : very clear. 29. Cloudy : clear. 30. Very fine : rain at 

 night. 



Mean temperature of the month 56° - 93 



Mean temperature of June 1853 59 - 16 



Mean temperature of June for the last twenty-eight years . 60 -51 

 Average amount of rain in June T90 inch. 



Boston. — June 1. Cloudy. 2. Rain a.m. 3 — 11. Cloudy. 12. Cloudv : rain 

 a.m. 13— 15. Cloudy. 16. Cloudy : rain p.m. 17, 18. Cloudy. 19— 22. Fine. 

 23. Fine : thermometer 83° half-past 2 p.m. 24. Fine : thermometer 80° half- 

 past 2 p.m. 25. Fine : thermometer 87° : rain p.m. 26. Cloudy : rain a.m. 

 27. Cloudy. 28. Cloudy : rain a.m. aud p.m. 29. Cloudy. 30. Cloudy : rain p.m. 



Sandwick Manse, Orkney. — June 1. Drizzle a.m. and p.m. 2. Cloudy a.m. 

 and p.m. 3. Bright a.m. : cloudy p.m. 4. Cloudy a.m. and p.m. 5. Damp a.m. 

 and p.m. 6. Cloudy a.m. and p.m. 7. Cloudy a.m. : drizzle p.m. 8. Damp a.m. : 

 cloudy, fine p.m. 9. Drops a.m. : small rain p.m. 10. Cloudy a.m. : drops p.m. 

 11. Clear a.m.: rain p.m. 12. Clear a.m.: clear, fine p.m. 13. Clear a.m.: 

 drops p.m. 14. Cloudy a.m. : showers, cloudy p.m. 15. Cloudy a.m. • clear p.m. 

 lu. Bright a.m. : cloudy p.m. 17. Clear a.m. : cloudy p.m. 18. Damp a.m. : 

 cloudy p.m. 19. Rain a.m. : fog p.m. 20. Clear a.m. and p.m. 21. Clear, fine 

 a.m. and p.m. 22. Bright a.m. : cloudy p.m. 23. Drizzle a.m. : cloudy, fine 

 p.m. 24. Rain a.m. : clear, fine p m. 25. Clear, fine a.m. : cloudy, fiue p.m. 

 26. Showers a.m. : damp p.m. 27. Showers a.m. : cloudy p.m. 28. Clear, fine 

 a.m. : cloudy p.m. 29. Clear, fine a.m.: drizzle p m. 30. Drizzle a.m. : drizzle, 

 showers p.m. 



Mean temperature of June for twenty-seven previous years . 52 0- 81 



Mean temperature of June 1853 55 21 



Mean temperature of this month 52 "86 



Average quantity of rain in June for thirteen previous years . 2 24 inches. 



