Meteorological Observations. 7^ 



To the Ed'ito7's of the Annals and Magazine of Nattiral History. 

 Gextlemex, 

 In the Cambridge Anatomical Museum there are two skeletons of 

 Seals, which possess the characters of the Ha/ichcerus Gryphits, given 

 in Bell's ' British Quadrupeds.' One of them was formerly in the 

 Museum of Dr. Macartney at Dublin, and was probably taken off 

 the eastern coast of Ireland; the other, of large size, and of ad- 

 vanced age, if we may judge from the state of its teeth, was cap- 

 tured in fishing nets off the Essex coast, a few years ago. 

 I have the honour to be, gentlemen. 



Your obedient servant, 

 Cains College, Cambridge, Feb. 8, ISll. L. E. Paget. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR JAN. 1841. 



Chiswick. — Jan. 1. Hazy: fine with clouds. 2. Rain: clear and fine: hurri- 

 canes at night. 3. Thunder-storm about 7 a. jr., accompanied with large and 

 vivid flashes of lightning, rain, hail and sleet, and high wind, which soon after 

 subsided into a perfect calm. 4. Sharp frost : slight fall of snow : clear at night. 

 5. Densely overcast : snow: large lunar halo in the evening. 6. Hazy. 7. In- 

 tense frost. 8. Dense fog : severe frost. 9. Intense frost. 10. Overcast : 

 slight haze; rain at night. 11. Overcast. 12. Cloudy: clear. 13. Foggy: 

 rain: fall of snow. 14. Cold haze: rain: sleet and snow, 15. Rain. 16. 

 Thawing rapidly : occasioning inundations, the frozen crust preventing the water 

 from sinking into the earth. 17. Continued thaw. 18. Rain. 19. Overcast. 

 20. Cloudy and cold : sharp frost at night. 21. Frosty : fine. 22. Frosty : rain 

 at night. 23. Clear. 24. Boisterous : cold and dry. 25. Clear and frosty. 

 26. Overcast and fine. 27. Very fine. 28. Cloudy! 29. Fine. SO. Hazy. 

 31. Foggy: rain. 



Previously to the thaw, in the beginning of the month, the frost had penetrated 

 in some soils to a depth of 12 inches. 



Boston. — Jan. 1. Cloudy. 2. Fine. 3. Cloudy: stormy with lightning and 

 rain early a.m. 4. Cloudy : snow early a.ji. : stormy with rain p.m. 5. Stormy. 

 6,7. Fine. 8. Fine: thermometer 17°*0 three o'clock p.m. 9. Fine: thermo- 

 meter 28°-0 three o'clock p.m. 10. Cloudy: large fall of snow early a.m. 11. 

 Cloudy: snow early a.m. 12. Cloudy. 13. Fine: rain p.m. 14,15. Cloudy. 

 16. Cloudy : snow early a.m. : rain P.M. 17. Fine. 18. Cloudy. 19. Cloudy: 

 rain early A.M. 20. Snow: snow p.m. 21. Cloudy: snow early a.m. 22,23. 

 Fine. 24. Stormy : heavy snow-storm p.m. 25, 26, Fine. 27. Fine : beautiful 

 morning. 28. Cloudy. 29. Fine. 30. Cloudy. 31. Rain: rain early a.m. : 

 snow-storm p,m. N.B. The 8th of this month was the coldest day since Jan. 1, 1820. 



Applegarlh Manse, Dumfries- shire. — Jan. 1. Slight showers. 2, Slight show- 

 ers : frost in the morning. 3. Snow-storm. 4. Snow-storm and frost. 5. Snow- 

 storm. 6. Fair: snow lying. 7, Snow-fall: frost very keen. 8. Snow-fall 

 slightly: frost keen. 9.' Thaw, with slight snow, 10. Snow and frost again. 

 11. Fair: snow lying: thaw p.m. 12. Fair: but freezing hard. 13. Fair: 

 freezing. 14, 15. Fair. 16. Storm of snow, sleet and rain. 17. Thaw: heavy 

 rain P.5I. 18, Frost again : clear. 19. Frost again. 20. Frost again : Aurora 

 borealis. 21. Thaw: drizzling rain. 22. Wet and boisterous. 23. Wet and 

 boisterous: slight snow-fall. 24. Fair : frosty : slight snow-fall. 25. Frost a.m. : 

 drizzle P.M. 26. Thaw and thick fog. 27, Shower in afternoon, 28. Fair and 

 fine: snow melting. 29. Drizzling. 30. Thick fog all day. 31. Clear and 

 cold : moist p.m. 



Sun shone out 25 days. Rain fell 10 days. Snow 8 days. Frost 16 days. 

 Fog 2. 



Wind north 2 days. North-east 5\ days. East 2 days. East-south-east 3^ 



days. South-east 1^ day. South-west 4 days. West-south-west 1 day. West 



4 days. West-north-west 2+ days. North-west 3 days. North-north-west 2 days. 



Calm 8 days. Moderate 8 days. Brisk 3 days. Strong breeze 7 days. 



Boisterous 4 days. Stormy 1 day. 



