Meteorological Observations. 239 
Rossra Owentt, Batu. 
This fine Cuttle-fish, hitherto known only as an Irish species, has 
been lately taken by Mr. Saxby on the coast of the Isle of Wight.— 
E, Forses. 
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR JAN. 1849. 
Chiswick.—January 1. Overcast: hazy. 2. Clear and frosty. 3. Frosty: dry 
haze: overcast: frosty. 4. Uniformly densely overcast: rain. 5. Drizzly and 
foggy. 6. Overcast. 7. Overcast: rain at night. 8. Rain. 9 Very fine: 
slight rain, 10. Cloudy: boisterous: rain. 11, Rain: densely clouded, 12. 
Frosty: overcast: rain. 13, Densely clouded: rain. 14. Rain. 15, Clear. 
16. Fine: rain. 17. Rain: densely overcast: clear. 18. Fine: boisterous at 
night. 19, 20. Very fine. 21. Very fine: overcast: boisterous. 22. Boisterous : 
fine : clear and boisterous. 23. Densely clouded: fine. 24. Cloudy: boisterous 
at night. 25. Densely clouded: boisterous. 26. Rain: exceedingly fine. 27. 
Slight frost: overcast: rain, 28. Cloudy: fine. 29. Rain: cloudy and cold; 
frosty at night. 30. Slight fog: drizzly. $1. Fine: clear and frosty at night. 
Mean temperature of the month ......... PELLES .30. 92. B.S »'89°°56 
Mean temperature of Jan. 1848  wcasssesseeseeecevees bob bbe «43 $3. “62 
Mean temperature of Jan. for the last twenty years ...... 36 °40 
Average amount of rain in Jan.  ....s.eceseceseeesereeecece -- 1°59 inch. 
Boston.—Jan. 1. Cloudy. 2—4. Fine. 5,6. Cloudy. 7. Fine: rain early a.m. 
8. Rain. 9. Fine: raine.m. 10. Cloudy-: stormy all day. 11. Cloudy: rain 
earlya.m. 12. Fine. 13. Rain: rain early a.m. 14. Cloudy: rain early a.m. 
15. Fine: rain a.m.ande.m. 16. Foggy. 17—20. Fine. 21. Cloudy. 22— 
24. Fine. 25. Cloudy. 26. Fine: rain early a.m. 27. Fine: rainp.m. 28, Fine, 
29. Rain: rain a.m. 30. Cloudy: rain a.m.andrm. 31. Fine. 
_ Applegarth Manse, Dumfries-shire.—Jan. 1. Frost moderate, 2. Frost yery 
hard : barometer falling. 3. Frost clear: fine. 4. Frost, but cloudy. 5, Frost: 
cloudy. 6. Frost: still cloudy. 7. Frost: still more overcast. 8. Thaw: rain: 
fog: rain again. 9. Frost again: clear a.M.: rainp.M. 10. Heavy rain during 
night : rivers flooded, 11. Frost a,m.: thaw at noon, rain. 12. Soft rain all 
day. 13. Soft rain: cleared: rain r.m. 14. Gentle frost: cloudy: wind rose. 
15, Soft: cloudy. 16. Mild and clear after rain a.m. 17. Moist a.m.: rain and 
high wind p.m. 18. Very fine till noon: rained again. 19. Frost: getting 
cloudy p.m. 20. Heavy rain and high wind p.m. : thunder. 21. Storm of wind 
and rain. 22. Fair, but a storm of wind. 23. Fair a.M.: came on storm, wind 
and rain, 24. Rain nearly all day: wind high, 25. Fair and keen a.m.: wet 
p.M.: high wind. 26. Fair a.m.: rainy.m. 27. Snow: rain: wind high, 28. 
Frost: clear: dull e.w. 29. Frost and snow: thaw and rain. 30. Frost mode- 
rate. 31. Thaw and showery. 
Mean temperature of the month. ........,+s.-scseseees spopegan’ SE0°SS 
Mean temperature of Jan. 1848 ).........ccccsenccesceesers -- 33 ‘80 
Mean temperature of Jan. for the last twenty-five years . 34 -90 
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Average amount of rain in Jan. for the last twenty years 2°60 ,, 
Sandwick Manse, Orkney.—Jan. 1. Cloudy. 2. Bright: cloudy. 3. Cloudy. 
4. Cloudy: frost: snow-showers. . 5. Bright: cloudy. 6. Snow. 7. Thaw: 
clear. 8. Rain: showers. 9. Showers: cloudy. 10. Rain: snow. 11. Snow. 
12. Rain: showers. 13, Showers. 14. Showers : sleet-showers. 15. Showers. 
16. Showers: cloudy. 17, 18, Showers. 19, Showers: clear. 20, Cloudy. 
21, Rain: showers. 22. Sleet-showers. 23. Sleet-showers: rain. 24. Rain*: 
sleet-showers; cloudy. 25. Sleet-sbowers: aurora. 26. Sleet-showers: cloudy, 
27. Bright : sleet-showers. 28, Sleet-showers: clear. 29. Frost: cloudy. 30. 
Snow: sleet: showers, 31. Sleet-showers : showers. 
; in From 9 p.m. on 23rd till 2 p.m, on 24th (about 17 hours) 2°08 inches of rain 
ell. 
