358 CALENDAR, 1809-1810. 



NOV. 13th. I made about this time numerous experiments 

 on the direction of the wind, with inflammable air and fire 

 Balloons, of which the results are recorded in this work. 



DEC. 10th. The Crickets about the fire place very cla- 

 morous; a few leaves still left on the Pear Tree. 



19th. I find the following observation made at night, 

 recorded in my Journal: " Audio illiquid stridens in acre, 

 sed ncscio quid sit, fortasse mus est in muro, forte avis 

 quaedam super domus culmen ?" I remember the noise : it 

 was a very remarkable sound, probably in the air. 



22d. A fine discoid Lunar Halo, at half-past 11, p. M. 

 * 1810. JAN. (Jth. The Heartsease Viola tricolor in flower. 

 10th. The Primrose in flower here and there. 

 FEB. 4th. The Snowdrop in flower. Frogs seen. 

 10th. The copulation of Frogs noticed to-day. At night 

 the abundance of Spiders on the walls portends rain. 



llth. To the indications of Rain of last night, were 

 added this morning Waneclouds and other light modifica- 

 tions variously mixed in the Sky: the Rain followed at 

 night. 

 The Vapour Guage indicated no evaporation. 



15th. Hail fell in the form of small round globes: at 

 night a Lunar Halo predicting a further fall. 



16th. Snow followed the prediction of last night. 

 17th. The Marsh Titmouse noticed feeding among Spar- 

 rows. Snowdrops in flower plentifully, and the - Crocus is 

 beginning to blow. 



MARCH 2d. The yellow, the striped, the white, and the 

 purple varieties of the Crocus plentiful. 

 4th. Toads have been seen already. 



10th. Bats first seen this evening. Thermometer at 2, 

 r. M. 58. Sitting late at night by the fire place with my 



