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said, created a scarcity of that article at Cairo, owing to the enormou 

 supply which the cravings of the young animal required, whilst unde. 

 the fostering care of our excellent Charge d' Affaires the Hon. Mr. 

 Murray ; to whom, after the princely donor, Abbas Pacha, zoologists 

 at home are chiefly indebted for the present opportunity of studying 

 this most remarkable and interesting African mammal, of which no 

 living specimen has been seen in Europe since the period when they 

 were last exhibited by the third Gordian in the Amphitheatre of Im- 

 perial Rome. 



I remain, my dear Sir, yours very faithfully, 

 Richard Taylor, Esq., F.L.S. fyc. Richard Owen. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR APRIL 1850. 

 Chiswick. — April 1. Overcast : rain. 2. Cloudy : clear. 3. Fine : showery at 

 night. 4. Boisterous, with rain. 5. Cloudy and rather boisterous : fine: clear. 

 6. Overcast. 7. Cloudy and fine. 8. Foggy: overcast: slight showers. 9. 

 Cloudy. 10. Very fine. 11. Rain: showery: overcast. 12. Fine: hot sun : 

 thunder commenced ^ past 12 noon: overcast at night. 13. Hazy : rain. 14. 

 Hazy: rain at night. 15. Rain: very heavy rain in forenoon: cloudy. 16. 

 Showery. 17. Low white clouds: fine throughout. 18. Clear: very fine. 

 19. Rain. 20. Showery. 21. Slight rain : cloudy. 22. Fine : clear. 23. Over- 

 cast : cloudy. 24. Clear : fine. 25. Fine : overcast and cold : clear at night. 

 26. Cloudy and cold. 27. Fine, but cold. 28,29. Cloudy : fine, but cold, with 

 excessively dry air. 30. Fine : cloudy. 



Mean temperature of the month 48°*41 



Mean temperature of April 1849 44 '29 



Mean temperature of April for the last twenty-four years ... 47 *53 



Average amount of rain in April 1*46 inch. 



Boston. — April 1. Cloudy. 2. Cloudy: rain p.m. 3. Fine. 4. Cloudy: 

 rain a.m. 5. Cloudy. 6. Cloudy : rain p.m. 7. Cloudy. 8. Cloudy : rain a.m. 

 and p.m. 9. Cloudy: rain p.m. 10. Fine. II, 12. Cloudy. 13. Cloudy: 

 rain p.m. 14. Cloudy. 15. Cloudy: rain early a.m. 16. Cloudy : rain a.m. 

 and p.m. 17. Cloudy : rain. 18. Fine. 19. Cloudy : rain a.m. 20, 21. Cloudy : 

 rain p.m. 22. Cloudy. 23. Cloudy : rain. 24. Cloudy. 25. Fine. 26—28. 

 Cloudy. 29. Cloudy : rain p.m. 30. Cloudy. 



Applegartk Manse, Dumfries-shire. — April 1, 2. Rain, moderate. 3. Rain: 

 mild : heavy p.m. 4. Rain heavy during night: drizzling throughout the day. 

 5. Rain in the night : dry and windy. 6. Heavy showers all day. 7. Rain : 

 cleared p.m. 8. Rain. 9. Slight shower. 10. Rain in the night. 11. Frost: 

 clear sunshine. 12. Fine day. 13. Fine a.m. : cold and windy p.m. 14. Strong 

 cold east wind. 15. Rain and high wind. 16. Fair and fine : slight drizzle p.m. 

 17. Fine : shower heavy p.m. 18. Mild: growing shower. 19. Rain early a.m. : 

 fair day. 20. Rain early : showery day. 21. Fair and fine. 22. Cold and clear. 



23. Cold and clear : slight frost. 24. Cold and clear : frost a.m. 25. Rain and 

 wind : boisterous. 26. Fair : cold. 27. Fair : clear and cold. 28. Fair a.m. : 

 slight shower p.m. 29. Frost early. 30. Cold : a few drops of rain. 



Mean temperature of the month 46°*3 



Mean temperature of April 1849 42*3 



Mean temperature of April for the last twenty- eight years . 44 -3 



Rain in April 1849 2'52 inches. 



Rain in April for twenty- three years 1*76 inch. 



Sandwich Manse, Orkney. — April 1. Fog : damp. 2. Cloudy : rain. 3. Damp. 

 4. Ilain. 5. Drizzle. 6. Cloudy: hazy a.m. 7. Cloudy: drops a.m. 8. Rain: 

 cloudy. 9. Drizzle: showers. 10. Hazy: clear. 11. Drops: damp. 12. Bright: 

 fine. 13. Cloudy: clear. 14. Clear: cloudy. 15. Drizzle : cloudy. 16. Rain: 

 cloudy. 17. Cloudy. 18. Showers : bright : cloudy. 19. Cloudy : showers : 

 cloudy. 20. Bright: cloudy. 21. Cloudy: drops. 22. Bright: clear. 23, 



24. Cloudy. 25. Bright: clear. 26. Cloudy: drops. 27. Clear: fine. 28. 

 Cloudy : fine. 29, 30. Drops : cloudy. 



