Meteorological Observations. 231 



Colonel Hamilton Smith as those of Bos Arnee in Griffith, A. K. iv. 

 t. 201. f. 2, 3. 



Dr. Hook read a lecture on Mr. Doyle's horns at Gresham College, 

 and thought they were probably those of the Sukotyro or Sucotaria, 

 described by Nieuhoff in his ' Voyages and Travels in the East ' as 

 found in Java. He compares the horns to the tusk of the elephant, 

 vrhich they somewhat resemble. Dr. Shaw thought otherwise, and 

 formed a genus for Nieuhoff' s animal, making a figure of it from 

 his description (see General Zool. i. 226. t. 65). lUiger considered 

 it more probably a Babyrusa. See Illiger, Genera Mam. 100. — 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. Jan. 23, 1855. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR JULY 1855. 



Chiswick. — July 1. Very fine. 2. Heavy clouds : slight rain. 3, 4. Very fine. 

 5. Clear : hot and dry. 6. Foggy : very fine. 7, 8. Very fine. 9. Hazy : very 

 fine : thunder, lightning and rain at night. 10. Fine : cloudy : very fine. 11. Con- 

 stant and very heavy rain from early in the morning till night. 12, 13. Very fine. 

 14. Cloudy: very fine. 15. Cloudy and fine: rain. 16. Cloudy: heavy rain at night. 

 17. Fine: cloudy. 18. Very fine. 19. Rain. 20. Very fine. 21. Exceedingly 

 fine. 22. Veiy fine. 23. Slight fog : sultry : rain. 24. Rain : cloudy. 25. Rain. 

 26. Densely overcast : constant and very heavy rain. 27. Overcast : heavy clouds 

 and showers. 28. Cloudy : heavy showers. 29. Very fine. 30. Slight haze : very 

 fine : overcast : rain at night. 31. Heavy raiu : showery : clear and fine at night. 



Mean temperature of the month 62°"99 



Mean temperature of July 1854 61 -59 



Mean temperature of July for the last twenty-nine years ... 63 "12 

 Average amount of rain in July 2-428 inches. 



Boston.— iM\y 1—4. Fine. 5—7. Cloudy. 8. Fine. 9. Cloudy. 10, 11. 

 Cloudy : rain a.m. 12. Fine. 13. Cloudy. 14. Rain and hail a.m. 15. Fine. 

 16,17. Cloudy: rain a.m. and p.m. 18. Cloudy. 19,20. Cloudy: rain, with 

 thunder A.M. and P.M. 21 — 23. Cloudy. 24,25. Rain a.m. and p.m. 26. Fine: 

 rain p.m. 27. Cloudy : rain p.m. 28. Fine: rain p.m. 29,30. Fine. 31. Rain 

 a.m. and p.m. 



Sandwick Manse, Orkney. — July 1. Damp a.m. : showers p.m. 2. Showers a.m. : 

 drops p.m. 3. Rain a.m. : damp p.m. 4. Bright a.m. : cloudy p.m. 5. Cloudy 

 a.m. : fog p.m. C. Bright, fine a.m. : clear, tine p.m. 7. Bright, fine a.m. and 

 p.m. 8. Bright, fine a.m. : clear, fine p.m. 9. Clear, fine a.m. : vapour, fine p.m. 

 10. Hazy A.M. : clear, fine p.m. 11. Fine a.m. and p.m. 12. Bright, fine a.m. : 

 fine, fog P.M. 13. Fog A.M. : fine, fog p.m. 14. Fog a.m. : thunder showers, fog 

 p.m. 15. Fog A.M. : showers p.m. 16. Rain a.m. : showers p.m. 17. Damp a.m. : 

 cloudy P.M. 18. Cloudy a.m. and p.m. 19. Bright a.m. : hazy, fine p.m. 20. 

 Bright A.M. : clear, fine P.M. 21. Clear a.m. : drops p.m. 22. Cloudy a.m. and 

 p.m. 23. Cloudy a.m. : showers p.m. 24. Bright a.m. : fine, fog p.m. 25. Cloudy 

 a.m.: fine, fog p.m. 26. Rain a.m. : fog p.m. 27. Rain, fog a.m. : showers, 

 thunder and liglitning, clear P.M. 28. Bright a.m. : fine, drops p.m. 29. Raiu 

 a.m. : damp p.m. 30. Cloudy a.m. : fine, vapour p.m. 31. Cloudy a.m. : fine p.m. 

 Mean temperature of July for twenty-eight previous years . 55°-08 



Mean temperature of this month 59 '19 



Mean temperature of July 1854 55 '25 



Average quantity of raiu in July for fifteen previous years... 241 inches. 



