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CAPTURE OF TETRODON PENNANTII. 



To the Editors of the Annals of Natural History. 



Gentlemen, — I beg leave to communicate to you the fact that a 

 fine specimen of the Tetrodon Pennantii (?) was lately washed up 

 ashore on the coast of the co. Wexford. The length is 18 inches. 

 As it was skinned when it arrived in Dublin, Mr. Glennon, who 

 stuffed it, could not say whether it was male or female. 



I remain Gentlemen, yours most obedient, 



Dublin, Sept. 18, 1850. H. W. Hopkins. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR AUG. 1850. 



Chiswick. — August 1. Hazy. 2. Densely overcast : slight haze : clear. 3,4. 

 Fine. 5, 6. Very fine. 7. Very fine : rain at night. 8. Cloudy : slight rain. 



9. Fine. 10. Fine: drizzly. 11. Fine. 12. Fine: thunder : clear at night. 

 13. Heavy clouds : very fine: lightning at night. 14. Cloudy: very fine. 15. Slight 

 rain : cloudy : clear. 16. Very fine. 17, 18. Cloudy and fine. 19. Boisterous, 

 with dry air: clear. 20. Fine. 21. Overcast: heavy rain: frosty at night. 



22. Clear and fine. 23,24. Cloudy : fine: clear. 25. Overcast : drizzly. 26. 

 Slight rain. 27. Fine. 28. Very fine. 29. Clear and fine. 30. Very fine. 

 31. Overcast. 



Mean temperature of the month 59°*38 



Mean temperature of Aug. 1849 62 -gi 



Mean temperature of Aug. for the last twenty-four years ... 62 "18 

 Average amount of rain in Aug 2*41 inches. 



Boston. — Aug. 1, 2. Cloudy. 3. Fine. 4. Cloudy. 5 — 7. Fine. 8. Fine : 

 rain with thunder and lightning p.m. 9. Cloudy : rain a.m. and p.m. 10. Cloudy, 

 il. Fine. 12. Fine : rain p.m. 13. Cloudy: rain a.m. and p.m. 14. Fine. 

 15. Cloudy. 16. Fine. 17. Cloudy. 18. Fine. 19. Cloudy : stormy. 20. 

 Fine: stormy. 21. Fine. 22. Fine: rain p.m. 23,24. Fine. 25. Cloudy: 

 rain P.M. 26. Fine. 27. Cloudy : rain p.m. 28 — 30. Fine. 31. Cloudy. 



Applegarth Manse, Dumfries -shire. — Aug. 1. Slight shower at night : fine day. 

 2. Slight drizzle : fine day. 3. Fair and fine, though cool. 4. Heavy rain and 

 high wind. 5. Fine a.m. : rain p.m. 6. Fair and fine a.m. : shower p.m. 7. 

 Fair and fine : rain p.m. 8. Rain a.m. : cleared : rain p.m. 9. Rain : cleared p.m. 



10. Rain P.M. 11. Rain. 12. Rain : fine p.m. 13. Fair and fine. 14. Fair: 

 sultry. 15. Warm : sultry. 16. Fair : slight drizzle. 17. Fine : slight drizzle. 

 18. Wet nearly all day. 19. Shower : stormy. 20. Showers short and frequent. 

 21. Fine harvest day. 22. Showery: hail: cool. 23. Fair till 5 p.m. : rain 

 heavy. 24. Frequent showers: hail. 25. Wet day : cleared p.m. 26. Fine 

 harvest day : slight shower. 27. Heavy rain all day : flood. 28. Fine harvest 

 morning : one shower. 29. Fine harvest morning : fair all day. 30. Fine har- 

 vest morning. 31. Slight drizzle a.m. : cleared. 



Mean temperature of the month 55°*1 



Mean temperature of Aug. 1849 56*7 



Mean temperature of Aug. for twenty-eight years 57 '0 



Rain (average) for twenty-three years in Aug 3*60 inches. 



Sandwich Manse, Orkney. — Aug. 1. Clear : cloudy. 2. Bright : cloudy. 3. 

 Showers : cloudy. 4. Rain : clear. 5. Cloudy : clear. 6. Clear. 7. Clear : 

 fine : cloudy. 8. Rain; thunder- showers. 9. Cloudy: rain. 10. Fog: fine. 



11. Rain: cloudy. 12. Fine : hot: fine. 13. Fine. 14. Fine: cloudy : fine. 

 15 Damp : cloudy : fine. 16. Cloudy. 17. Bright: cloudy. 18. Showers: 

 cloudy. 19,20. Showers. 21. Bright : clear. 22. Bright : rain and thunder. 



23, 24. Showers. 25. Rain : driz^le. 26. Showers : drizzle : showers. 27. 

 Damp : rain. 28. Showers : rain. 29. Showers. 30. Cloudy : rain. 31. 

 Showers. 



