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For Dr. Hans Sloane, at his house in Southampton Square, London. 



Almost ready for Publication. 



Crustacealogical Researches, Part L By Harry D. S. Goodsir, 

 Conservator of the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons in 

 Edinburgh. 



This is the commencement of a series of memoirs for the illustra- 

 tion of the Comparative Anatomy and Natural History of the Crus- 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR AUGUST 1843. 

 Chiswick. — August 1. Very fine. 2. Cloudy and fine. 3. Cloudy: thunder- 

 storm, with very heavy rain, the latter continuing throughout the night. 4. Kain : 

 showery : clear. 5 — 8. Very fine. 9. Sultry : lightning at night. 10. Hazy: 

 clear and fine. 11 — 14. Exceedingly fine. 15. Sultry t thunder-storm at night. 

 16. Thunder, lightning and heavy rain : clear and fine at night. 17. Foggy : 

 sultry. 18. Foggy : hot and sultry : clear and fine. 19. Cloudless and very fine. 

 20. Overcast and fine. 21. Clear : cloudy and fine : clear. 22. Overcast : rain. 

 23. Fine : overcast : heavy rain at night. 24. Cloudy : clear and fine. 25. Very 

 fine : cloudy : lightning. 26, 27. Very fine. 28. Rain : overcast and windy. 

 29. Cloudy. SO. Light haze and fine. 31. Hazy: very fine : clear. — Mean 

 temperature of the month 1°*1 above the average. 



Boston. — Aug. 1. Cloudy. 2. Fine. 3. Fine : rain a.m. and p.m. 4. Cloudy : 

 rain A.M. and P.M. 5. Fine. 6. Fine : rain early a.m. 7. Cloudy. 8. Fine: 

 thermometer 77° 2 o'clock p.m. 9. Cloudy : rain, thunder and lightning from 

 11 A.M. to 11 P.M. 10. Cloudy. 11 — 13. Fine. 14. Fine: rain, thunder and 

 lightning at night. 15. Rain: heavy thunder-storm a.m. 16. Cloudy: heavy 

 rain P.M. 17. Cloudy. 18. Foggy. 19. Fine. 20. Cloudy : rain p.m. with 

 thunder and lightning. 21. Fine. 22. Cloudy: rain p.m. 23. Fine. 24. Rain: 

 rain early A.M. 25 — 28. Fine. 29. Cloudy : rain early a. sr. : rain a.m. 30,31. 

 Cloudy. — N.B. This month shows the largest fall of rain in one month since 

 July 1839. 



Sandwich Mnnse, Orkney. — Aug. 1. Cloudy : rain. 2. Cloudy : drops. 3, Fog: 

 cloudy. 4. Cloudy. 5. Bright : rain. 6. Bright : cloudy. 7. Cloudy : show- 

 ers. '8,9. Bright: clear. 10. Clear. 11,12. Cloudy: clear. 13. Clear: 

 cloudy. 14. Bright : cloudy. 15. Clear. 1 6. Clear : fog. 17. Cloudy : show- 

 ers. 18. Damp: fog. 19. Bright: thunder. 20. Bright: cloudy. 21. Bright: 

 drops. 22. Cloudy : clear. 23,24. Clear. 25. Bright : showers. 26. Clear: 

 thunder. 27. Thunder. 28. Showers: rain. 29. Showers: cloudy. 30. Drops: 

 cloudy. 31. Cloudy. 



Apjilegarth Manse, Dumfriesshire. — Aug. 1. Wet all day. 2. Very wet. 3. 

 Fair and tine. 4. Fine : one shower. 5. Fine. 6. Showers and sunshine. 

 7. Wet all day. 8. Wet. 9. Very clear and fine. 10. Very fine: one shower. 

 11. Very fine, but fair. 12, 13. Very fine. 14. Fine, but heavy rain p.m. 

 15. Fine, but fair. 16. Fine : fair : thunder p.m. 17,18. Fine, 19. Fine: 

 thunder. 20. Heavy showers a.m. 21. Fair a.m. : rain p.m. 22. Heavy rain. 

 23. Rain: cleared p.m. 24. Very fine, 25, 26, Rain. 27. Shower. 28. Heavy 

 showers. 29 — 31. Fair and fine. 



Temperature (mean) of spring-uater 53°-5 



Ditto August 1842 50 •? 



