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XVI. An Account of Three Journeys from the Cape Toivn into the Southern 

 Parts of Africa ; undertaken for the Discovery of Neiv Plants, towards the 

 Improvement of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew. By Mr. Francis 

 Masson, one of his Majestrfs Gardeners, p. 268. 



In this journey Mr. M. discovered many new plants, of which, however, no 

 description is here given. Respecting the country and inhabitants, his observa- 

 tions contain nothing worthy of notice. 



XVII. Meteorological Journal kept at the House of the Royal Society, by order 



of the President and Council, p. SIQ. 

 These observations of the thermometers, barometers, rain, winds, weather, 

 &c. were made twice in every day of the year, viz. at 8 and at 2 o'clock, begin- 

 ning with March 1775, and ending with February 1776. The mediums of the 

 whole, for each month, and for the whole year, are here taken, and registered 

 as in the following table. 



The mean variation of the needle was 21° 43'. And the mean dip 72° 3o'. 



G 2 



