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and genuine humility which even the most casual observer could not 

 fail to mark — a correspondent of the highest hterary characters, wel- 

 comed wherever he turned by the great and learned, receiving the 

 most flattering testimonials and votes of thanks from indi\aduals, from 

 chartered bodies, and from foreign societies — not one of these cir- 

 cumstances could awaken pride, but the contrary, gratitude. The 

 only view in which he regarded these things was, that having under- 

 taken a task, he had done his utmost ; the kindness and liberahty of 

 others supphed the praise." 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR JUNE 1850. 



Chiswick. — June 1, 2. Very fine. 3,4. Fine, but air excessively dry. 5. Slight 

 haze : sultry. 6. Overcast : rain. 7. Cloudy and boisterous : showery. 8. Dull 

 and cloudy: fine. 9 — 11. Very fine. 12. Fine: cloudy. 13. Cloudy: clear. 

 14. Uniformly overcast: rain: showery. i5. Rain: clear at night: frosty. 

 16. Clear : cloudy and fine. 17. Very fine. 18. Cloudless : very dry air : large 

 distinct halo round the sun at noon. 19 — 22. Very fine. 23. Hot : quite cloud- 

 less. 24, 25. Hot, with slight dry haze. 26. Hazy : hot and sultry : heavy rain 

 at night. 27. Rain: fine. 28. Hazy : rain. 29. Cloudy : very fine : clear and 

 cold. 30. Fine : cloudy. 



Mean temperature of the month 59°'26 



Mean temperature of June 1849 59 "SO 



Mean temperature of June for the last twenty-three years ... 60 'SS 

 Average amount of rain in June 1*88 inch. 



Boston. — June 1. Cloudy. 2 — 5. Fine. 6,7. Cloudy : rain p.m. 8,9. 

 Cloudy. 10,11. Fine. 12,13. Cloudy. 14. Cloudy : rain a.m. and r.M. 15, 

 16. Cloudy. 17. Cloudy : rain, with thunder and lightning a.m. 18,19. Fine. 



20. Cloudy. 21. Fine. 22. Cloudy. 23. Fine. 24. Fine: thermometer 88° 

 2 o'clock P.M. 25 — 27. Fine. 28. Fine : rain a.m. and r.Bi. 29, 30. Cloudy. 



Applegarlh Manse, Dumfries -shire. — June 1. Fine : fair : very warm. 2. Fine : 

 very warm. 3. Fine: getting cloudy. 4. Fine : still cloudy. 5. Shower a.m.: 

 thunder. 6. Shower a.m. : heavy rain p.m. and thunder. 7. Showery a.m. : 

 fair P.M. 8. Showery all day. 9. Fair, but getting cloudy. 10. Slight shower 

 early : fair p.m. 1 1. Slight shower early : fine day. 12. Rain and wind all day. 

 13. Rain during the night: fair all day. 14. Rain nearly all day. 15. Fair all 

 day and fine. 16. Fair and fine: cloudy p.m. 17. Rain early: fine day. 

 18. Fine all day. 19. Cloudy, but fine. 20. Fair and fine : getting moist p.m. 



21. Showery. 22. Cloudy : rain during night. 23 — 25. Very fine all day. 

 26. Very fine : fresh and invigorating. 27. Parching east wind. 28. The air 

 highly electric. 29. The air highly electric : a few drops. 30. Rain p.m. : con- 

 tinued all night. 



Mean temperature of the month 57°*6 



Mean temperature of June 1849 53*3 



Mean temperature of June for twenty-eight years 55 '9 



Rain in June for twenty years , 3"16 inches. 



Sandwick Manse, Orkney. — June 1. Fine. 2,3. Fine : warm. 4. Fine. 5. 

 Rain: fog. 6. Damp: cloudy. 7. Drops: showers. 8. Drops. 9. Drops: 

 rain. 10. Fine : rain. 1 1. Showers : clear. 12. Rain : showers. 13. Drizzle: 

 showers: drizzle. 14. Bright: drops. 15. Bright: clear. 16. Fine: clear: 

 fine. 17. Fine. 18. Fine : cloudy. 19. Cloudy. 20. Showers : cloudy. 21. 

 Rain : thunder : showers. 22. Bright : rain. 23. Cloudy. 24. Bright : clear. 

 25,26. Cloudy. 27. Bright: cloudy. 28. Bright: clear. 29, 30. Bright: 

 drops. 



