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454 Meteoi'ological Observations. 



characters of a true mould. They are not reproduced at the death 

 of the animal. This substance differs moreover by its internal cha- 

 racters from the parasitic Cryptogamia, which are in other insects 

 signs of disease and of death. — Bibliotheque Universelle, June 1849. 



METEORS. 



On the 24th, about 8^ p.m., I saw two fine meteors in a north-east 

 direction, one about ten minutes after the other. The former seemed 

 to burst like a sky-rocket and fall a little way ; the latter to shoot in 

 a north direction and fall to the horizon in pieces of blue colour. 

 On the 30th, a little before 7 p.m., a very splendid one was seen in 

 this parish and also in Kirkwall, which is nearly twenty miles off. 

 Here it appeared first near the zenith and travelled westward. — 

 Rev. C. Clouston, Sandwich Manse, Orkney. 



METEOROLOGICAL. OBSERVATIONS FOR OCT. 1849. 



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"^^l Chiswick. — October 1. Drizzly : overcast. 2. Cloudy. 3. Constant heavy rain. 



^ \ 9t. 4. Heavy rain in the morning : showery. 5. Clear : fine : overcast. 6. Fine : 

 , ^ — rain at night. 7. Hazy : cloudy : rain. 8. Cloudy and cold : clear : slight frost 

 i ""^T' at night. 9. Clear : very fine: frosty at night. 10. Dense fog : very fine : clear. 



' IL Cloudy : clear. 12. Cloudy and cold : clear. 13. Rain. 14. Cloudy and 



cold. 15. Fine : clear at night. 16. Foggy : hazy : overcast. 17. Cloudy and 

 fine. 18. Very fine : clear at night. 19. Slight fog : exceedingly fine : clear. 

 20. Very fine. 21. Hazy : clouds : rain. 22. Foggy: fine. 23. Cloudy and 

 fine. 24. Overcast : fine. 25. Showery. 26. Cloudy. 27. Drizzly. 28. Over- 

 cast : very fine. 29. Foggy : exceedingly fine. 30, 31. Very fine. 



~^"\ ' Mean temperature of the month 49°*58 



^ \t'.^_ Mean temperature of Oct. 1848 49*59 



^ 1 ^ Mean temperature of Oct. for the last twenty-three years 50 '51 



S? ! Average amount of rain in October 2*58 inches. 



ApplegarlU Manse, Dumfries-shire. — Oct. 1. Fair, but damp and raw. 2. Frost, 

 hard : clear and fine. 3. Frost : rain p.m. : snow on the hills. 4. Frost a.m. 

 5. Frost A.M. : shower P.M. 6. Frost still harder : thermometer 24^°. 7. Froat 

 milder: wind high. 8. Cold, but little frost : fine. 9. Frost hard again : shower p.m. 

 10. Frost hard : fine day. 11. Frost slight ; a few drops. 12 — 14. Frost slight : 

 clear and fine. 15. Frost : cloudy. 16. Little or no frost : cloudy. 17. Frost 

 hard again: rain p.m. 18. Mild: rain: cleared p.m. 19. Mild: cloudy: 

 threatening rain. 20. Fair: variable : high wind p.m. 21. Showers, but mild. 

 22. Slight frost A.M. : heavy rain P.M. 23. Mild: rain during night : rain p.m. 

 j . 24. Rain all day : flood. 25. Rain all day : fog : flood. 26. Fine : one shower : 



1 '^ cleared. 27. Rain again : thick weather. 28. Fine: clear. 29. Frost a.m. : 



fine : cloudy p.m. 30. Dark and cloudy : rain p.m. 31. Showery all day ; mild. 



Mean temperature of the month 44°*0 



Mean temperature of Oct. 1848 46 '5 



Mean temperature of Oct. for the last twenty-five years ... 46 '6 



♦ Mean rain in October 3*25 inches. 



Ran, number of days in which it fell, 15. Average rain 



in Oct. for twenty years 356 ,, 



Sandivick Maiise, Orkney. — Oct. 1. Bright : hail-showers. 2. Sleet-showers. 



3. Clear : frost. 4. Showers ; clear : frost. 5. Clear : showers. 6. Bright : 



"_ clear: frost. 7. Clear: aurora. 8. Clear: showers. 9. Sleet- showers : clear* 



^ I ^ 10. Fine : very clear : aurora. 11. Frost : fine : very clear : aurora. 12. Fine: 



^ very clear. 13. Cloudy: aurora. 14. Bright: clear: aurora. 15. Showers. 



16. Cloudy. 17. Bright: showers: cloudy. 18. Drizzle : cloudy. 19. Bright: 



I - j showers : cloudy. 20. Showers : cloudy. 21. Cloudy : showers. 22 Cloudy: 



I ft • -- fine : showers. 23. Showers : clear : aurora. 24. Fine : aurora. 25. Kain : 



fine : aurora. 26. Showers: clear. 27. Bright: showers. 28. Uright : showers: 



cJear. 29. Rain : cloudy. 30. Cloudy: showers : aurora. 31. Bright; fine. 



