Meteorological Observations. 



characters of a true mould. They are not reproduced at the death 

 of the animal. This substance differs moreover by its internal cha- 

 racters from the parasitic Cryptogamia, which are in other insects 

 signs of disease and of death. — BibliotKeque Universelle , June 1849. 



S" «> t t * « cu =• 4 « € g METEORS. 



On the 24th, about 8j- p.m., I saw two fine meteors in a north-east 

 direction, one about ten minutes after the other. The former seemed 

 to burst like a sky-rocket and fall a little way ; the latter to shoot in 

 a north direction and fall to the horizon in pieces of blue colour. 

 On the 30th, a little before 7 p.m., a very splendid one was seen in 

 this parish and also in Kirkwall, which is nearly twenty miles off. 

 Here it appeared first near the zenith and travelled westward. — 

 Rev. C. Clouston, Sandwich Manse, Orkney. 



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METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR OCT. 1849. 



Chiswick. — October 1. Drizzly : overcast. 2. Cloudy. 3. Constant heavy rain. 



4. Heavy rain in the morning : showery. 5. Clear : fine : overcast. 6. Fine : 

 rain at night. 7. Hazy : cloudy : rain. 8. Cloudy and cold : clear : slight frost 

 at night. 9. Clear : very fine : frosty at night. 10. Dense fog : very fine : clear. 

 11. Cloudy : clear. 12. Cloudy and cold : clear. 13. Rain. 14. Cloudy and 

 cold. 15. Fine : clear at night. 16. Foggy : hazy : overcast. 17. Cloudy and 

 fine. 18. Very fine : clear at night. 19. Slight fog : exceedingly fine : clear. 

 20. Very fine. 21. Hazy : clouds : rain. 22. Foggy: fine. 23. Cloudy and 

 fine. 24. Overcast : fine. 25. Showery. 26. Cloudy. 27. Drizzly. 28. Over- 

 very fine. 29. Foggy : exceedingly fine. 30, 31. Very fine. 



Mean temperature of the month 49 0, 58 



Mean temperature of Oct. 1848 49 '59 



Mean temperature of Oct. for the last twenty-three years 50 *51 



Average amount of rain in October 2*58 inches. 



Applegarlh Manse, Dumfries-shire. — Oct. 1. Fair, but damp and raw. 2. Frost, 

 hard : clear and fine. 3. Frost : rain p.m. : snow on the hills. 4. Frost a.m. 



5. Frost a.m. : shower p.m. 6. Frost still harder : thermometer 24 \°. 7. Frost 

 milder: wind high. 8. Cold, but little frost : fine. 9. Frost hard again : showerp.M. 

 10. Frost hard : fine day. 11. Frost slight : a few drops. 12— 14. Frost slight : 

 clear and fine. 15. Frost : cloudy. 16. Little or no frost : cloudy. 17. Frost 

 hard again: rain p.m. 18. Mild: rain: cleared p.m. 19. Mild: cloudy: 

 threatening rain. 20. Fair: variable : high wind p.m. 21. Showers, but mild. 

 22. Slight frost a.m. : heavy rain p.m. 23. Mild : rain during night : rain p.m. 

 24. Rain all day : flood. 25. Rain all day : fog : flood. 26. Fine : one shower: 

 cleared. 27. Rain again : thick weather. 28. Fine: clear. 29. Frost a.m. : 

 fine: cloudy p.m. 30. Dark and cloudy : rain p.m. 31. Showery all day : mild. 



Mean temperature of the month 44 o, 



Mean temperature of Oct. 1848 46 -5 



Mean temperature of Oct. for the last twenty-five years ... 46 "6 



Mean rain in October 3*25 inches. 



Rain, number of days in which it fell, }5. Average rain 



in Oct. for twenty years 3'56 „ 



Sand wick Manse, Orkney. — Oct. 1. Bright : hail-showers. 2. Sleet-showers. 

 3. Clear : frost. 4. Showers : clear : frost. 5. Clear : showers. 6. Bright : 

 clear: frost. 7. Clear: aurora. 8. Clear: showers. 9. Sleet- showers : clear. 

 10. Fine : very clear : aurora, llj Frost : fine : very clear : aurora. 12. Fine: 

 very clear. 13. Cloudy: aurora. 14. Bright: clear: aurora. 15. Showers. 

 16. Cloudy. 17. Bright : showers : cloudy. 18. Drizzle : cloudy. 19. Bright: 

 showers : cloudy. 20. Showers : cloudy. 21. Cloudy : showers. 22 Cloudy: 

 fine : showers. 23. Showers : clear : aurora. 24. Fine : aurora. 25. Rain : 

 fine : aurora. 26. Showers: clear. 27. Bright : showers. 28. Bright: showers^ 

 clear. 29. Rain : cloudy. 30. Cloudy: showers : aurora. 31. Bright: fine, 



