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guish the two species in Maulmain, would not distinguish them from 
a third at Zimmay. Be that as it may, this is certain, that these 
provinces can furnish the commercial world with a large quantity of 
gum kino. If the result of the experiment which was made be cor- 
rect, we have a great abundance of it within our own borders ; for 
the Pa-douk is one of the most common forest trees in the provinces 
from the Tenasserim to the Salwan. It furnishes a considerable 
portion of the fuel that is sold in Maulmain. But if not, it is cer- 
tainly abundant in the neighbouring provinces, whose only avenue 
to market is through our territories.— Journal of the Asiatic Society 
of Bengal, August 1848. 
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR DEC. 1848. 
~ Chiswick—December 1. Foggy and drizzly: cloudy: rain, and boisterous at 
night. 2. Fine, 3. Clear: overcast: boisterous, with rain at night, 4. 
Boisterous, with heavy rain: clear at night. 5. Overeast: clear: slight rain. 
6. Clear: heavy clouds, 7. Rain. 8. Slight ra'n. 9. Very fine. 10. Clear 
and very fine. 11. Foggy: cloudy. 12. Foggy: uniformly overcast. 13, Ex- 
ceedingly fine. 14, Fine. 15. Hazy: rain. 16. Drizz'y: constant heavy 
rain. 17. Cloudy: foggy. 18. Hazy: fine: densely overcast. 19. Foggy. 
_ 20. Hazy: clear and frosty at night. 21. Clear and frosty. 22. Frosty: clear: 
frosty. 23. Foggy: hazy: sharp frost. 24. Frosty: slight haze: overcast. 25, 
Hazy: cloudy. 26. Densely clouded. 27,28. Fine. 29, Overcast. 50. Foggy: 
fine: foggy. 31. Foggy: hazy : foggy at night. 
Mean temperature of the month ......... Warsaperscbane vy phe o 
Mean temperature of Dec. 1847 ..c.eccececseeeceeecceereees .. 41 °09 
Mean temperature of Dec. for the last twenty years ...... 39 °66 
Average amount of rain in Dec. .......sseeceeseeeeeee esenshed. 5S.inek, 
Boston.—Dee. 1. Cloudy: rain a.m. and p.m. 2. Fine. 3. Fine: rain em. 
4. Cloudy: rainr.m. 5. Cloudy: raina.m. 6. Fine: raina.m. 7. Rain: 
rain A.M. and p.m. 8. Fine: rainy.m. 9—11. Fine. 12. Cloudy. 13. Fine. 
14. Cloudy: rain y.m. 15. Cloudy: stormy, with rain from s.w. p.m. 16. 
Cloudy: rain p.m. 17,18, Fine. 19, Rain: rainearlya.m. 20, Cloudy. 
21. Fine: plenty of ice this morning. 22—24. Fine. 25, 26. Rain, 27, 28. 
Cloudy. 29. Fine. 30. Cloudy. 31. Cloudy : a remarkable dark day. 
- Applegarth Manse, Dumfries-shire—Dec. 1. Frost a.m. : rain and high wind p.m. 
2. Rain: sleet: high wind: lightning. 3. Suow inch deep: heavy rain p.m. 
4. Very high flood: heavy rain and high wind. 5. Fair, after very wet night: 
flood again. 6, Dull: drizzling: frost a.m. 7. Frost: damp and drizzly p.a. 
8. Soft, moist andfoggy. 9. Rainallday: high windr.m. 10. Fair: high wind. 
11. Fairand fine. 12, Dull and foggy a.m.: rainr.m. 13. Rain a.m.: showery 
allday. 14. Fair a.m.: rain andhigh wind p.m. 15, Fair a.m. : rain e.m., with 
storm of wind. 16. Fairand fine. 17. Frost a.m.: slight showers p.m. 18, 
Fair a.m.: cloudy: showery p.m. 19. Fair: fog: cleared p.m. 20. Frost: 
thaw p.m. 21. Frost, hard: clear and bracing. 22. Frost very hard: clear, 
23. Frost keen: clear : wind rising, 24. Frost: high wind p.m. 25. Frost, slight : 
thaw p.m. 26. Rain very heavy: high wind. 27. Fair and clear: threatening 
frost. 28. Hard frost all day. 29. Hard frost. 30. Frost moderate: dull, 
31, Frost moderate : cloudy. 
Mean temperature of the month .......... bbidinits ter siesund -- 39°°8 
Mean temperature of Dec. 1847 ........-.cceecoessgeeeecscoes 40 ‘2 
Mean temperature of Dec. for the last twenty-five years. 38 *2 
Average amount of rain in Dec. for twenty years ......... 2°94 inches, 
Sandwick Manse, Orkney.— Dec. 1. Hoar-frost: rain. 2. Cloudy. 3. Rain: 
cloudy. 4, Showers: thunder: hail-showers, 5. Hoar-frost: showers. 6. Bright: 
showers. 7. Bright: clear. & Showers: rain. 9. Cloudy: rain. 10. Hazy: 
_Yain: clear. 11. Cloudy: clear. 12, Cloudy: rain. 13. Bright: showers, 
14. Cloudy. 15. Bright: rain. 16, Showers: clear. 17. Showers: cloudy, 
18. Cloudy. 19. Bright: clear. 20. Cloudy. 21. Bright: clear: aurora, 
22. Clear: frost: clear: aurora, 2%. Clear: frost: clear, 24,25. Cloudy. 26. 
Rain: cloudy. 27. Showers: clear, 28,29. Clear: frost: clear. 30,31. Cloudy. 
