a Meteorological Observations at Beloit, Wis. 345 
ie pee extremity. This fin is continued nearly to the base 
of the tail. 
- The pectoral _ are situated directly behind and beneath 
the posterior angle of the operculum. They measure three and 
a half inches across sae extended, and are rounded at their pos- 
Mrior ieee they are an inch deep at their base. 
ea ntral fins are situated in front of the, pectorals, the 
rays are aeshy; the first ray is an inch long; the second ray is 
continued an inch beyond this; the remainder of the rays are 
shorter than the first ray. 
“The anal fin commences half an inch back of the vent and 
terminates on a line with the second dorsal fin; the rays are of 
equal height throughout. The vent is large. 
“The caudal fin i is three and a half inches in length; when 
eahaag it is three and a half inches high, and candied at its 
extre 
~The weight of this specimen was five and a sg pounds. 
P; V, 6. A, 68. 
ree ‘ eR; 7: D, 10-7 1. 
“In the esophagus of this fish I rise a blade ot grass, and 
_ the stomach contained numerous bones of a fish, too far digested 
to 
ie Ae, XXXVIII.—Meteorological Observations: Abstract of a 
Leteorological Journal, kept at Beloit sa Beloit, Wis- 
consin, ‘for the year 1850, Lat. 42° 30’, Long. 12° west of 
— Washington; elevation above Lake Michigan, 172 feet—above 
the Ocean, 750 feet; by S. Peart Larurop, M.D., Professor 
of Chemisty and Natural History. 
"BAROMETER. THERMOMETER. | Rainand | Prevailing | 
Min. | Mean. |Max. | Min. ) Mean. | meltedsnow. | winds. _ 
18 | 27°90 | 2855 | 46 | -3 | 25°38 259 |S &N. Ww. 
| 27-87 | 2865 | 60 | -7 | 27°50 ‘50 x. & NW. 
9 | 28:09 | 28:58 | 59 | 8 | 81°50 2°82 nv. & 8 
“00 | 28:03 | 28°61 | 78 | 18 | 4050 2°81 v. & N.E. 
8 28:97 | 28:64 | 87 | 25 | 54°25 110 n. & 8. 
| 28-45 | 28°70 | 90 | 36 | 69°50 742 s. & Ss. W. 
| 99-38 | 98-61 | 92 | 58 | 74°10 715 s. & N. W. 
| 2838 | 28°62 | 92 | 51 | 71-00 15°73 8. & 8. z, 
28-41 | 28°64 | 84 38 | 59°72 258 v.& 6. 
| 98-39 | 2863 | 75 | 19 | 4950 | 330 s. & N. W. 
| 28-20 | 2866 | 68 | 12 | 39°50 330 | 8 &N. Ww. 
| 98-98 | 28°69 | 45 | -4 | 24°00 1:94 x. & NW: 
"28°63 4720 | 51°24 in. 
This being the first series of Sheacentieie made at this Pee Me 
no accurate comparisons, of course, can made, in any respect, 
— Vol. XI, No. 33.—May, 1851. 44 ; BS 
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