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mean of the maximum velocity was 19°53 miles per hour, the yearly 
mean of the minimum velocity was 0:16 miles per hour. The quarterly 
means were as follows: winter maximum velocity 17:06, minimum ve- 
locity 0°12; spring maximum velocity 19‘86, minimum velocity O-2t ; 
summer maximum velocity 55°51, minimum velocity 0-00; autuma 
maximum velocity 13°80, minimum velocity 0°31 miles per hour. 
rows wintered in this place although the winter was very severe, 
wild geese, Anser canadensis, were first seen on the 20th day of April; 
swallows, Hirudo rufa, were first seen on the 12th of April; whe, Alosa, 
were first caught in this neighborhood on the 30th of one i fie -flies, 
Lampyris corusca, were seen on the 12th day of June; frogs, Rana, 
were first heard on the 2nd of May. The ‘ Rossignol” (the harbinger 
of the Canadian spring) was hia “ be heard on the 16ih of March, 
and snow-birds were last seen on the 27th of April. ” 
The Aurora Borealis was visible on 50 nights as follows : eg 
omens 8th, 2.40 a.m. Faint palin light, —23d, mM. L 
ral arch faint.—28th, 6.30 P Dark segment at the 
ie distinct and bright, abe Pr alg: a: I 
visible passing from west to east through the const ¥ 
6.55, the upper arch less distinct; 9.15, aun Tight diffuse ; 10.0, 
upper arch vanished, frequent and brilliant. streamers to the zbnith; 
11.0, lower arch very bright and Re i ffuse.—2 9th, 8.0 P.M. Faint 
' auroral light in the horizon ; 9.0, idem, dark segment at the horizon ; 
10.0, idem. Aurora might have been seen on I] nights this month. 
February 10th, 10. M. Very faint auroral light—Illth, 4 a. M. 
Bri t auroral arch at the horizon, frequent streamers.—16th, 9 P. mM. 
iant arch, dark segment at the horizon, auroral light of a bright, 
color; 10 p.m., dark segment vanished.—24th, 7 r.m. Dark. 
pas at the horizon, surmounted by a very bright arch of auroral light ; 
P.M., arch exten de to near the zenith of a very pale color and ex- 
tending from east to west.—27th, ys P. M. Two penn arches e au- 
of a green and yellow color. Zodiacal light ie brig dacinit sl 
- Lunar halo, diam. 35° 6/.—16th ,10r.m. Heavy cu cumulo- stratus 
at the ey auroral light visible <a them.—20th, 10 r.m. Very 
faint auroral light.-—2 Ist, 7.45 P. mt. Auroral arch stretching from 
to W., and passing to the horizon forming the base of the zodiacal 
light, which is very bright and well defined ; 10 p. m., very faint. —29th, 
P.M. Patches of auroral clouds in W. et WwW. N. and E, None in 
the N., or if any, very faint—-30th, 10 p.m. Faint pense, light. Au- 
rora might have been seen on 7 n 
if 3a, 8 P.M. ai a 8p.m. Comet still i. 
‘—10th, 9». mw. Lunar halo, diam. 60°.—-I4th, 10 P. m. Very fain 
auroral light at the wa "15th, 10 p.m. Avroral arch 2° ile. 
Stretching from the eastern to the western horizon, of a pale yellow 
ey ’ passing we the constellations “ Cassiopeia” and ‘ Taurus 
ae M. Bright auroral bint in the N.; 9.36, an arch of auro- 
‘ral light eae a lula of the zevith through ‘ Leo,” and 
ees fr an », the poste limit somewhat distorted ; 9.40, 
