Miscellaneous Intelligence. 131 
The whole beam slowly moved southward, but during the brief 
Period of observation the change of position in the basal portion was 
scarcely perceptible. 2 
t 9.31” the southerly edge cuts mu and epsilon Geminorum, and 
also Pollux. All above the star last named has faded: the sky is be- 
coming hazy in this quarter, and the light of the beam rapidly fading. 
During ‘this period the beam has been wholly isolated. There are 
still some auroral indications on the northern horizon, without any 
special activity. My time was certain within thirty seconds, and the 
eam moved so slowly that an error of even a minute would be of 
little importance. E. C. Herrick. 
5. Auroral Bow of June 11, 1852.—On the evening of Friday, June 
1], 1852, a narrow, serpentine, auroral belt stretching from E. to W., 
was seen at New Haven, between 94 and 10 p.m. Observations made 
at East Windsor Hill, Ct., by Mr. Sereno Watson, compared with those 
taken here by myself, appear to make it certain that the height of this 
bow above the earth was not less than one hundred and fifty eee 
a E. C. H. 
V. Miscentaneous INTELLIGENCE. 
1. Remarks on the Climate of San Francisco; by Dr. H. Giszons, 
(from the California Christian Advocate of March 20, 1852.)—In a for. 
mer article I gave the result of my observations on temperature.* The 
present chapter refers to the winds. ees, 
_ The course of the wind is noted in my journal by three daily entries, 
¥iz.: forenoon, afternoon, and evening. Should the wind change dur- 
ing either of these periods, as it very often does, especially in the fore- 
noon, the change is marked, and taken into account in the summing 
up. With these explanations, the reader will have no difficulty ®eom- 
mapa the following table, which shows the winds of eac 
P< 
the year, and the total of the year. 5 
| ™N [NV E.{ Ev | S.E: | S. |S. W.| We [N. Ww. 
d 35 | 2 ri 1617 1 putkaco 
18 | 5 2 61 9|°13 {15} 196 
. eee. 1 8} 4] 14) 34). 23 
: 3] 5 1 4! 71°13 )45)-R 
: ha eh 1 91 i4 1. 1k) SBS 
: | OR faa? * 1 bide iy 34.) 62} > 5 
. v! T.43 Bick 34.) 44 1 
oT; 4 1 271 Ot ee hae 1 
ee 1; 0 0 get eae eee 3 ee 
>t BT 8 3 e1'sG 2 1-p4) 11 
a. ‘10; 4 2 6-16) (ie tol. 8 
SS Lis d pep ae fae) 7 ae 10 
99 | 83 [17 | 66 | 90 | 129 |557| 104 
direction of the coast is nearly N.W. and S.E., or about one 
Point north of N.W., and one point south of S.B. Hence the winds 
i N.W. to Ss. inclusive, Shoat trom the ocean, and these from N. to 
e 
= See Dr. Gibbons’s observations on temperature, vol. xiii, p. 484. 
