OcToiiKU 20, ISSS. 



SCIENCE. 



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llie region, with a latecn-sail, hut considerably 

 larger Ibr long voyages. This boat is command- 

 ed b}- an experienced fisherman of Banynls, 

 who is conversant with the whole neighboring 

 coast. 



The almost entire absence of rise and fall of 

 the water at Banyiils at first puzzles a collect- 

 or of marine animals accustomed to searching 

 the rocks bared by the receding tide : but one 

 soo'n finds other and equally productive modes 

 of shore-collecting ; while the very absence of 

 great variation in the level of tiie water enables 

 one to moor boxes of embryos along the inside 

 of the breakwater, and watch their develop- 

 ment at leisure. 



The expenses of living in Danyuls are aliout 

 what thev would be in a village of the same 



AUGUST nEpnriTs or state 



IVEA rtlElt-SEU VICES. 



The state.s in which orgiuiizeil weather-services 

 exist have issued reporls for August wliich give in 

 suiue detail the results of tlie observations. The 

 special feature of the month in the majority of states 

 seems to have been the lack of rain, and the con- 

 seiiuent drought. 



Georyia. — The temperatures ranged from 47° to 

 9!S°: the mean was .79°.:3. The rainfall ranged from 

 1.(11 inches in the south-west to 9.15 inches in the 

 south-east. The general drought of the summer was 

 unbroken. The cotton and corn crops do not average 

 7.J % of the usual yield. 



Indiana. — Thunder and lightning were unusually 

 prevalent, but the rainfall was at least one inch less 

 than the average. The temperatures were lower 

 than usual, and light frosts were reported on the 



BASrULS AS SEEN 



THE LABORATORY. 



size on the New-England coast ; but the labo- 

 ralor}-, like that at Uoscolf, is free, requiring 

 for its use only the permission of Profess- 

 or Lac.aze-Duthiers. Reagents, microscopes, 

 mounted dissecting-lcnses, glassware, and all 

 other necessary ap|)aratus, are furnished free, 

 the only cost being a small fee paid to the jani- 

 tor for the care of rooms. While, in all proba- 

 bility', preference would be rightlj- given to 

 Frenchmen, in case there were more applicants 

 for places than there were rooms, 3'et foreign 

 investigators will undoubtedly play an impor- 

 tant part in the laboratoiy at Ban^nds, as they 

 have already done in that at Roscoff, and will 

 return to their n.alive countries vividly im- 

 pressed with the liberality and devotion to sci- 

 ence shown by I'rofessor Lacaze-Dulhiers. 



Geo. UiiiiiocK. 



24th and 2.")th. The pressure was nearly normal, 

 with a small range. 



Iinoa. — "The month was cold, clear, dry, with 

 north-westerly and south-e.isterly wiiuls equally fre- 

 quent, and calms numerous." The low mean tem- 

 perature, 2°. .5 below the norm.il, is mainly due to the 

 first decade; but in this period the sunshine was 

 especially intense. The number of tine days, and the 

 dry, sunny weather, have been favorable to the crops. 

 Frosts were recorded on the 22d, 2ad, and 24th. 

 There was a very severe hail-storm on the 7th, extend- 

 ing from Sac to Cass counties. 



Misnouri. — The mean temperature was below the 

 normal, at St. Louis 2°..3 lower. The rainfall was 

 less than the average, the amount at the central 

 station in St. Louis being not much more than half 

 the usual quantity. The heaviest rainfall was on 

 till" southern border of the state. In consequence 

 of the continued drought, the crops have sulTered 

 much. A few wind and hail storms were reported. 



