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horns lying along the back, shows that it is more adapted for the 

 water than the land, although it is an excellent draught animal, and 

 at Singapore supplies the place of the Elephant. 



4. The Domestic Ox of Bali and Lombok, a large, sleek, thin- 

 skinned species, as graceful as the Antelope. This would be very 

 much admired in the Gardens. Specimens can be obtained at Sin- 

 gapore, but it would be better to get them from Lombok, whence 

 ships now come direct to England with cargoes of rice. Mr. Lange 

 of Bali Badong (merchant) would, I have no doubt, forward speci- 

 mens at a trifling cost. — Proc. Zool. Soc. Feb. 8, 1853. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR AUG. 1854. 



Chiswick. — August ]. Cloudy : clear. 2. Clear : very fine : heavy rain at night. 

 3. Overcast : rain. 4. Overcast : heavy rain. 5. Rain : overcast. 6, 7. Overcast : 

 clear. 8. Very fine. 9. Fine : overcast : very clear at night. 10, ] 1. Very fine. 

 12. Densely clouded : very clear at night. 13. Very fine. 14. Cloudy : very fine : 

 clear. 15. Very clear : cloudy : clear. 16. Fine : overcast. 17. Fine : rain : very- 

 clear. 18. Fine: cloudy. 19. Very clear. 20. Cloudy and fine. 21. Overcast. 

 22. Cloudy and fine : clear. 23. Overcast : rather boisterous, with rain. 24. Fine : 

 cloudy and boisterous : fine. 25. Fine. 26. Exceedingly fine. 27. Very fine : 

 overcast. 28. Very fine. 29. Very hot. 30. Cloudless and very hot, with dry 

 air. 31. Very fine. 



Mean temperature of the month 60 o- 70 



Mean temperature of Aug. 1853 59 # 69 



Mean temperature of Aug. for the last twenty-eight years... 62 *03 

 Average amount of rain in Aug 2 - 47 inches. 



Boston. — Aug. 1, 2. Cloudy : rain a.m. and p.m. 3. Cloudy. 4. Cloudy : 

 rain a.m. and p.m. 5 — 9. Cloudy. 10,11. Fine. 12, 13. Cloudy. 14. Cloudy: 

 rain p.m. 15. Fine: rain p.m. 16. Fine. 17. Cloudy: rain p.m. 18. Cloudy. 

 19. Fine. 20. Fine: rain. 21. Cloudy: rain a.m. 22. Fine: rain, with 

 thunder and lightning p.m. 23. Cloudv. 24. Fine : rain p.m. 25. Fine. 26, 

 27. Cloudy. 28—30. Fine. 31. Cloudy. 



Sandwick Manse, Orkney. — Aug. 1. Fog a.m. : drizzle p.m. 2. Bright a.m. : 

 clear p.m. 3, 4. Cloudy a.m. and p.m. 5. Damp a.m. : drizzle p.m. 6. Cloudy 

 a.m. : drizzle p.m. 7. Cloudy a.m. : damp p.m. 8, 9. Cloudy a.m. : drops p.m. 

 10. Cloudy a.m. : clear, fine p.m. 11. Bright a.m. : bright, fine p.m. 12. Cloudy 

 a.m. : showers p.m. 13. Showers a.m. : clear, fine p.m. 14. Cloudy a.m. : rain, 

 thunder p.m. 15. Bright a.m. : cloudy p.m. 16. Bright a.m. : clear p.m. 17. 

 Bright, fine a.m. : clear, fine p.m. 18. Clear, fine a.m. : cloudy p.m. 19. Cloudy 

 a.m. : showers, aurora p.m. 20. Bright a.m. : cloudy, fine p.m. 21. Drops a.m. : 

 showers p.m. 22. Showers a.m. : cloudy p.m. 23. Rain, cloudy a.m. : showers 

 p.m. 24. Showers a.m. and p.m. 25. Cloudy a.m. and p.m. 26. Drizzle a.m. : 

 cloudy p.m. 27. Damp a.m. : cloudy p.m. 28. Cloudy a.m. and p.m. 29. Cloudy 

 a.m. : rain p.m. 30. Showers a.m. and p.m. 31. Showers a.m. : cloudy p.m. 



Mean temperature of Aug. for twenty-seven previous years . 54°-99 



Mean temperature of this month 55 - 06 



Mean temperature of Aug. 1853 55 - 98 



Average quantity of rain in Aug. for fourteen previous years . 2 99 inches. 



