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Miscellanies. 



feet; yet the highest points of Jebel Akdar exceed 6000 feet above 

 the sea ; the width of the range is from twelve to fifteen miles ; 

 feldspar and mica slate enter most commonly into the formation of 

 the lower ranges, and limestone the upper; with the exception of 

 Jebul Akdar, they are devoid of wood, and barren." 



The interest of this memoir was very much heightened by the 

 exhibition of a beautiful map, showing the traveler's route through- 

 out a distance of seven hundred miles by land, and, by the various 

 explanations and illustrations given by Mr. Wellsted, who was pres- 

 ent during the reading of this narrative, which is a most valuable 

 addition to the geography of the hitherto unexplored country of 

 Arabia. — Athen(sum, April, 1837. 



10. Meteorological Tables for the year 1836,* prepared by the 

 Meteorological Department of the Si. Louis Association ofJSfaiural 

 Sciences. 



Table II. — Showing the state of the weather 

 Table I—Showing the temper- ^ ^""^ prevailing winds in 1836, compared with 

 ature in 1836, compared with the '^^ average of four years, 

 average mean temperature of sev- 

 en years. 



An aurora borealis viras seen Oct. I2th, at 2 A. M. 



These tables are the result of observations made three times daily, 

 viz. at sunrise, at 2 o'clock, P. M. and at 9 o'clock, P. M. The ther- 

 mometer from which they were taken was kept at the north side of a 

 house, where it was never exposed to the rays of the sun, and where 

 the northern and western winds had constant access. The instrument 

 was elevated sixteen feet above the ground, and fifty above the level 

 of the Mississippi river. 



* A continuation of these notices will be acceptable. — Ed. 



