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Forbes were successive copies of the Journal lying oil his 



lather's table, with his own papers inserted in them. 



How he was affected by seeing these first products of 



pen in print appears by the following extracts from 



his Meteorological and Astronomical Journals in 1827 : 



'COLINTON, August 22nd, 1827. 



'I had yesterday the pleasure of seeing Brewster's 



Journal and reading the two articles of mine he inserted 



in October last, on the apparent number of the stars, the 



heats and colds of last year, and elements of the lunar 



use among the celestial phenomena, together with all 



the other papers inserted or favourably noticed which I 



have since sent. Annexed to the first paper I sent are 



-3 words : " We should be glad to hear again from the 



author of this article, and if possible learn his address." 



'August 26th, 1827. In Brewster's April Journal the 

 following is among the notices to correspondents : " We 

 have received A's very excellent set of observations 

 made at Eome on the 15th January, a tid also his inter- 

 esting Observations on the Climate of Naples and his 

 5 on Mount Vesuvius, which will appear in the 

 next number. We shall be glad to hear from him as 

 often as convenient." Accordingly my paper on Vesuvius 

 appeared in ilu; July number. It would be difficult to 



; -1 at the success attending my 



published < I liuvu communicaied llic secret 



to Charles, but to uo one else. I am now busily preparing 



a paper on the horary oscillation^ of the barometer at 



Rome, and reducing about 500 observations made tlieiv, 



her laborious, but in about ten days 1 hope it 



will be ready. 



- r S///. Finished this morning a complete 



ilie Imrary o~ejllat ions "I" the barometer ..! 



lii<-h I sent to Brewster's Journal. It amounted 



to twenty-three lar^e .jiiarlo pa^es. and contained the 



l.'ll'.'tll. 



''>. To day EW the nc\v numbei 



loiirnal : it < tain ..n ihe ,-Ii- 



h -' 



