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Brown " — thus pretending to assume either that it was in contem- 

 plation to propose to him to accept the Presidency on some conditions 

 different from those of the Charter, or that he himself desired to do 

 so : whereas the writer, if he has the acquaintance with the affairs of 

 the Society to which he pretends, must have been perfectly aware that 

 no such question had ever been broached. — R. T. 



METEOROLOGICAL. OBSERVATIONS FOR NOV. 1849. 



Chiswick. — November 1. Fine. 2. Foggy: very fine. S. Dense fog. 4. Foggy: 

 cloudy at night. 5. Cloudless and fine. (5. Clear. 7. Rain. 8. Densely over- 

 cast. 9. Overcast : fine : overcast. 10, Exceedingly fine. 1 1. Clear and fine : 

 foggy at night. 12. Foggy : hazy. 13. Fine : rain. 14. Heavy rain : clear at 

 night. 15. Clear : cloudy : clear. 16. Fine. 17. Clear. 18. Overcast : slight 

 rain : showery at night. 19. Hazy. 20. Uniformly overcast. 21. Hazy. 22. 

 Foggy : overcast. 23. Overcast : rain. 24. Foggy. 25. Foggy : cloudy : clear. 

 '26. Foggy: cloudy and cold: clear: sharp frost at night. 27. Sharp frost : 

 clear : foggy. 28. Frosty and foggy : clear and frosty : foggy. 29. Overcast : 

 fine : overcast. 30. Constant rain. 



Mean temperature of the month 41°'99 



Mean temperature of Nov. 1848 41 -18 



Mean temperature of Nov. for the last twenty-three years 43 '41 

 Average amount of rain in November 2*56 inches. 



Boston. — Nov. 1. Cloudy. 2. Fine. 3,4. Foggy. 5,6. Fine. 7. Cloudy: 

 rain A.M. and P.M. 8—10. Cloudy. 11. Fine. 12. Foggy. 13 — 17. Fine. 

 18. Cloudy : rain A.M. 19,20. Fine. 21,22. Cloudy. 23. Cloudy : rain p.m. 

 24—26. Fine. 27. Fine : snow a.m. 28. Snow. 29. Cloudy. 30. Rain : 

 rain a.m. 



The following are the averages for Oct. 1849, with which we have been favoured 

 by our correspondent Mr. W. Veall of Boston, whose report did not arrive in time 

 for our last Number. 



Barometer. I Thermometer. I Rain in inches. 

 29-46 I 48-8 | 3-32 



Applegarlh Manse, Dumfries-shire. — Nov. 1. Rain during night : cleared p.m. 



2. Raw frost A.M. : rain: fog p.m. 3. Raw frost again : threatening rain. 4. 

 Fine a.m. : rain and high wind p.m. 5. Heavy showers all day. 6. Hard frost 

 A.M. : storm of snow p.m. 7. Frost : snow nearly all day. 8 — 10. Slight drizzle : 

 damp all day. 11. Heavy rain and thick. 12. Dull a.m. : fine noon : wet p.m. 

 13. Heavy showers, with blasts. 14. Clear and cold, with showers. 15, 16. 

 Frost : clear and fine. 17. Close rain and mist all day. 18. Rain during night : 

 mild : rain. 19. Rain during night : cleared : warm. 20. Rain and fog all day. 

 21. Fair, but dull. 22. Rain and fog throughout. 23. Rain and fog : cleared 

 P.M. 24. Frost, hard : grew mild. 25. Frost not so hard : rain : fog. 26. Frost 

 hard again. 27. Frost hard all day. 28. Frost very hard. 29. Snow : hard 

 frost : rain p.m. 30. Thick fog : heavy rain : cleared. 



Mean temperature of the month 42'''0 



Mean temperature of Nov. 1848 39 '8 



Mean temperature of Nov. for the last twenty-five years ... 40 "4 



Mean rain in November for twenty years 3*60 inches. 



Sandwick Manse, Orkjiey. — Nov. 1. Fine : large halo : aurora, 2. Showers. 



3. Fine : showers. 4. Cloudy : showers, 5. Showers. 6, 7. Snow ; snow- 

 showers. 8. Snow-showers: rain. 9. Cloudy. 10. Showers. 11. Bright: 

 cloudy: aurora. 12. Bright: clear: aurora. 13. Showers: aurora. 14, Bright: 

 clear: aurora. 15. Bright: frost: showers. 16. Clear: frost: clear. 17. 

 Showers: rain. 18. Drizzle: clear. 19. Fine: clear: aurora. 20. Drizzle: 

 damp. 21. Cloudy : damp. 22. Fine : clear. 23. Rain. 24. Fine; clear: 

 aurora. 25. Fine: frost: clear. 26. Rain. 27. Clear. 28. Clear: frost: cloudy. 

 29. Bright : showers. 30. Fine. 



