Meteorological Observations. 159 



the hollow cone of the fibro-calcareous sheath, and enlarging rapidly 

 as it extends outwards to a considerable distance. This homy cup 

 formed the anterior chamber of the Belemnite, and contained the 

 ink-bag and some of the viscera." Owen subsequently traced a 

 similarly organized membrane continued backwards from the margin 

 of the alveolus, where Buckland's * capsule ' commences, " to line the 

 alveolar cavity of the spathose guard," and to cover the exterior sur- 

 face of the guard itself ; the first description of which latter struc- 

 ture we find in the following words of his memoir, ' Phil. Trans.' 1844, 

 p. 69 : — " The exterior surface of the spathose guard of the Belem- 

 nites of the Oxford, clay, though smoother than in some other spe- 

 cies, is minutely granular, and occasionally presents faint traces of 

 vascular impressions, proving it to have been invested by an organized 

 membrane of the living Cephalopods." With his usual cautious ex- 

 actitude he forbears to extend to this investing organized membrane 

 the term ' capsule,' which his predecessor had correctly restricted to 

 that part which, so far as it truly performs the function of a capsule, 

 commences, as Dr. Buckland describes, where the fibro-calcareous 

 sheath terminates. Every fact has its value ; but this varies inde- 

 finitely, and does not become greater, when, by an abuse of terms, a 

 small particular is laid claim to by a self-asserted discoverer. 

 I am. Gentlemen, your obedient servant. 



The Quarterly Reviewer. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR JUNE 1852. 

 Chiswick. — June 1. Clear and fine. 2. Cloudy : fine : rain. 3. Cloudy. 4. 

 Overcast : fine : clear. 5. Very fine : slight rain. 6. Rain : clear at night. 

 7. Constant rain. 8. Thick whitish haze : low fog in the evening : heavy rain. 

 9. Excessively heavy rain throughout. 10. Rain: cloudy: clear. 11. Overcast. 

 12. Slight rain: overcast. 13. Fine: rain at night. 14. Showery. 15. Fine: 

 showery: clear. 16. Rain: uniformly overcast. 17. Cloudy throughout. 18. 

 Rain: showery: heavy rain. 19. Heavy clouds : clear and fine. 20. Overcast: 

 rain. 21. Rain : cloudy. 22 — 24. Fine. 25. Uniformly overcast : fine : rain at 

 night. 26. Rain : heavy showers. 27. Overcast : heavy showers. 28. Fine : 

 densely overcast. 29. Overcast : cloudy : clear. 30. Fine : rather windy : clear 

 at night. — More rain fell on the 7th, 8th, and 9th, than on any three consecutive 

 days for at least twenty-six years near London. 



Mean temperature of the month 58°"01 



Mean temperature of June 1851 59 "21 



Mean temperature of June for the last twenty-six years ... 60*61 

 Average amount of rain in June 1*77 inch. 



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

 rain a.m. 5. Fine. 6. Rain : rain a.m. 7, 8. Cloudy. 9. Cloudy : rain a.m: 

 10, 11. Cloudy : rain a.m. and p.m. 12. Cloudy : rain a.m. 13. Cloudy : rain p.m. 

 14,15. Cloudy: rain a.m. and P.M. 16. Rain: rain a.m. and p.m. 17. Fine, 

 rain a.m. and p.m. 18, 19. Cloudy : rain a.m. 20. Cloudy : rain p.m. 21. Rain : 

 rain a.m. 22. Cloudv : rain a.m. and p.m. 23 — 25. Fine. 26. Cloudy : rain a.m.: 

 27. Cloudy. 28. Cloudy : rain p.m. 29, 30. Cloudy. 



Sandwick Manse, Orkney. — June 1, 2. Showers. 3. Rain: showers. 4, 5. 

 Bright : clear : fine. 6. Hazy. 7. Hazy : clear : fine. 8. Bright : fine. 9. Cloudy : 

 damp. 10. Drizzle. 11. Drizzle: showers. 12. Damp: bright. 13. Clear: 

 fine : cloudy. 14. Showers: cloudy: fine. 15. Bright: fine: clear: fine. 16. 

 Bright: fine: cloudy. 17. Clear : fine : cloudy. 18. Damp : fog. 19. Bright: 

 clear: fine. 20. Damp. 21. Damp: fog. 22,23. Rain. 24, 25. Bright : showers. 

 26. Bright : rain. 27. Bright : showers : fine. 28. Clear : fine : drops : fine. 

 29. Clear : fine : cloudy : fine. 30. Rain. 



