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to apply to him. My own language then ought to have made him 
hesitate to do so. At the same time I must say, that had he not 
denied the supposed imputation, I should have thought that such ex- 
treme sensitiveness, like M. de Pourceaugnac’s—*“‘ ce n’est pas moi, 
je vous assure,”—indicated some internal uneasiness. His denial, 
of course, entirely removes this suspicion. 
To any other entomologist who may chance to wince under my 
remarks, I might be tempted to reply, “ Voila un discours qui marque 
quelque chose;” but I have no intention to occupy more of your 
space with this trivial matter, unless Dr. Erichson’s missive, having 
taken breath, finds strength to continue its journey. Should this 
prove me to be in etror, no one will be more happy or ready to con- 
fess it than Your most obedient servant, 
Epwarp DovusBLeDAyY. 
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR APRIL 1846. 
Chiswick.—April 1, Fine. 92 Cloudy: showery. 3. Clear and windy: 
cloudy and fine. 4. Hazy: heavyrain. 5. Heavyrain: clear. 6, Heavy rain: 
cloudy. 7. Slight rain: densely overcast. S8—10. Fine, 11. Dry haze. 12, 
18. Cloudy and fine. 14, Clear: dry haze: overcast. 15. Densely clouded : 
dry haze : densely overcast. 16. Slight dryhaze. 17. Foggy. 18. Rain. 19. 
Cloudy and cold: clear. 20. Showery: frosty at night. 21. Foggy: cloudy 
and fine. 22. Foggy. 23. Heavy clouds: rain. 24. Rain: dark haze: cloudy. 
25. Hazy and damp: showery: hazy: foggy. 26. Extraordinary fall of rain 
early a.m. : dense clouds: overcast at night. 27. Clearand fine. 28. Very fine. 
29, 30. Clear: very fine : overcast. 
Mean temperature of the month .........006 sasdseubassate érecce 4796 
Mean temperature of April 1845 ....cccccseccercescerceseees escns 40. °4) 
Average mean temperature of April for the last twenty years 47 ‘19 
Average amount of rain in April ..........cccccseesceeeessseeeees 1 +47 inch. 
Boston:—April 1. Fine. 2. Rain. 8, Windy: rainr.m. 4. Cloudy: rain 
pM. 5. Cloudy: raina.M.and pm. 6. Cloudy. 7. Rain. 8. Cloudy: rain 
early a.m. 9,10. Fine. 11. Cloudy: rainr.m, 12. Fine. 15, Fine: rain 
early mM. 14, Fine: rainp.m. 15. Cloudy: rainearlya.m. 16-18, Cloudy. 
19, Cloudy: rain a.m. 20—-22. Fine. 25, Fine: rain a.m. 24,25. Fine. 26. 
Cloudy: rain a.m. 27. Fine: rain a.m. 28. Cloudy. 29. Fine: ice this 
morning. 30. Cloudy. 
Sandwick Manse, Orknéy.—April 1. Snow: clear. 2 Showers: clear. 3. 
Snow-showers. 4. Snow-showers: frost: snow-showers, 5. Showers. 6. Showers : 
clear: aurora. 7. Clear: drops. 8. Cloudy: clear. 9. Bright: cloudy. 10, 
Bright: showers. 11. Bright: rain. 12. Fog: damp. 13. Damp: drizzle, 
14, Clear. 15. Fog: cloudy. 16. Cloudy. 17. Cloudy: damp: fog. 18. Rain: 
clear. 1921. Fine: clear, 22. Clear: cloudy. 23, 24, Clear. 25, Cloudy. 
26. Sleet-showets: hail-showers. 27. Bright: cloudy. 28. Hail-showers ; 
cloudy. 29. Snow-showers: clear. 90. Cloudy: clear. 
Applegarth Manse, Dumfries-shire— April 1. Wet. 2. Wet a.m.: cleared and 
fine. 3. Weta.m.: cleared. 4. Slight showers: frost a.m. 5. Fair, but chilly. 
6. Fair, but very bleak. 7. Fair. 8. Fair: frost a.m. 9. Fair: frost: fine. 
10, Fine. 11. Rainallday. 12. Rain y.m.: thunder, 19. Frequent heavy 
showers. 14. Frequent heavy showers: hail: fine r.m. 15. Frequent heavy 
showers: fain all day. 16. Very fine spring day. 17, 18. Dropping day. 
19. Fair, though chilly. 20. Frost, slight: fine. 21. Hoar-frost: rain p.m. 
22. Slight showers. 23, 24. One slight shower. 25. Heavy shower: fair r.m, 
26. Slight shower: fine. 27. Slight shower: frost a.m. 28. Frost a.m.: fine, 
29. Frost a.m.:a slight shower. 30. A dropping day. 
Mean temperature of the month ......... vecktes scses 45S 
Mean temperature of April 1845 ......seseceseeees 48 -2 
Mean temperature of April for twenty-three years 44 °2 
Mean rain in April for eighteen years,........0000+5 1 *69 inch, 
