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drone grub could not be converted into a queen, for they sealed up 

 the grubs and waited patiently the time for their hatching. The 

 young drones never hatched, but shrivelled in the cells, which would 

 lead to the conclusion that the food suitable for a young queen is not 

 adapted to bring a drone to perfection. — From the Transactions of the 

 Ikricickshire Naturalists' Club, vol. ii. p. 205. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR FEB. 1848. 



Chiswick. — February 1, 2. Clear and fine. 3. Cloudy. 4. Overcast: rain. 



Densely overcast : heavy rain at night. 6. Overcast and mild. 7. Densely 



oicast:rain. 8. Cloudy and fine. 9. Cloudy : boisterous : clear. 10. Very 



liiiu : heavy rain at night. 11, 12. Very fine. 13. Overcast. 14, Rain. 15. 



1 )ensely overcast : rain. 16. Frosty: clear and fine. 17. Clear: cloudy and 



line. 18. Fine. 19. Rain: hazy and damp. 20. Foggy: cloudy: clear. 



21. Overcast : rain. 22. Rain. 23. Heavy clouds : fine. 24. Densely overcast : 

 rain. 25. Rain : showery. £6. Barometer most remarkably low : boisterous, 

 with heavy rain. 27. Heavy rain : clear and boisterous at night. 28. Fine : 

 clear. 29. Very clear : boisterous, with rain at night. 



Mean temperature of the month S9''"62 



Mean temperature of Feb. 1847 34*79 



Mean temperature of Feb. for the last twenty years 39 '32 



Average amount of rain in Feb l*95inch. 



Boston. — Feb. 1, 2. Fine. 3. Cloudy. 4. Rain. 5. Cloudy : rain p.m. 



6. Rain. 7. Cloudy. 8. Cloudy : rain p.m. 9. Cloudy : rain early a.m. : rain 

 A.M. 10 — 13. Fine. 14. Rain : rain p.m. 15. Cloudy : rain early a.m. IS- 

 IS. Fine. 19. Cloudy: snow early a.m. 20. Rain. 21. Fine: rain p.m. 



22. Cloudy: rain p.m. 23. Fine : rain p.m. 24. Cloudy : rain p.m. 25. Fine. 

 26. Fine: rain early A.M. 27. Cloudy: rain early a.m. : rain a.m. 28. Cloudy. 

 29. Fine. 



Applegarlh Mnnse, Dumfries-shire. — Feb. 1. Hard frost a.m. : thaw and rain 

 P.M. 2. Thaw : threatening frost again. 3. Thaw : rain: high wind. 4. Heavy 

 rain : snow gone. 5. Heavy rain : floods. 6. Moist a.m. : showery p.m. 7. Thick 

 fog ending in rain. 8. Heavy rain all day. 9. Rain a.m. : cleared: rain p.m. 

 10. Slight showers. 11. Very fine spring day. 12. Dull morning : wet p.m. 

 13. Heavy rain and high winds. 14. Fair, but threatening change. 15. Rain 

 all day. 1 6. Frost : a shower of snow. 17. Hard frost : hills white : snow. 18. 

 Hard frost: rain p. ,m. 19. Showery. 20. Beautiful day: slight frost a.m. 

 21. Raw frost a.m. : moist. 22. Storm of rain and wind : flood. 23. Stormy day : 

 violent showers. 24. Snow for two hours : heavy rain. 25. Fair and milder. 

 26. Fair a.m : drizzle p.m. 27. Heavy rain all day. 28. Heavy rain : thunder. 

 29. Showers : hail. 



Mean temperature of the month 40°'l 



Mean temperature of Feb. 1847 36 '2 



Mean temperature of Feb. for twenty-five years 37 3 



Rain 5*53 inches. 



Mean rain in Feb. for twenty years 2-04 „ 



Smidtvick Manse, Orkiiei/. — Feb. 1. Snow showers : cloudy. 2. Frost: clear. 

 3. Cloudy : showers. 4. Rain: damp. 5. Snow-drift : snow. 6. Snow: cloudy. 



7. Rain. 8. Bright : showers. 9. Cloudy : damp. 10. Rain : cloudy. II. 

 Bright: cloudy. 12. Rain: showers. 13. Showers. H. Showers: clear. 

 J 5. Damp : rain. 16,17. Bright : frost, 18. Sleet : rain. 19. Sleet-showers: 

 showers. 20. Bright : snow-shower-. 21. Snow : red aurora. 22, 23. Cloudy : 

 ruin : aurora. 24. Bright : fro»t : fine : aurora. 25. Showers. 26. Cloudy : 

 showers. 27. Showers : rain. 28, Damp: rain. 29. Clear : cloudy. 



The following are the averages for Dec. 1847, with which we have been fa- 

 voured by our correspondent the Rev. Ch. Clouston of Sandwick Manse, whose 

 usual report miscarried owing to the stormy weather which then prcv,ailcd : — 



Barometer. 



a.m. v.,m. 



29-597 29-.>95 



Thermo. ueter. 

 a.m. p.m. 



rj9-93 40-66 



Rain 

 in inches. 



5-24 



