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when found. Length without the tail-fin, which is wanting, about 1 1 

 feet ; width at the broadest part, 12 inches ; weight, 4 stone 10 lbs." 



It was salted and exhibited at Redcar. During the exhibition the 

 rays of the dorsal and ventral fins were almost entirely destroyed, and 

 it broke transversely into three nearly equal lengths on being moved 

 from the sand. 



It was eventually sent to London, and now forms part of the Col- 

 lection of British Animals in the British Museum. The specimen, 

 when it arrived in London, agreed in general appearance and in all 

 essential characters with the specimen from Cullercoats which was 

 exhibited in London last year. Mr. Wrightson, who had the care of 

 it at Redcar, considered, because it had no expanded forked tail, 

 that the tail was wanting. — Proc. Zool. Soc. March 26, 1850. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR OCT. 1850. 



Chiswick. — October L Fine: cloudy: clear. 2. Very fine. 8. Slight rain. 

 4,5. Foggy: very fine. 6. Foggy : vt-ry fine : rain. 7. Boisterous. 8. Clear: 

 fine. 9. Slight fog : very fine. 10. Clear: very fine : rain. 11. Windy : stormy 

 showers: clear. 12. Clear: very fine. 13. Overcast. 14, 15. Exceedingly fine: 

 sharp frost at night. 16. Clear and fine. 17. Very fine. 18. Foggy- very 

 fine. 19. Overcast: fine, 20. Fine. 21. Fine: clear and cold. 22. Clear: 

 dense clouds : overcast. 23. Heavy rain. 24. Densely overcast: rain. 25. 

 Cloudy. 26. Clear: cloudy and fine: clear and frosty at night. 27. Clear: fine: 

 rain. 28. Rain : fine : clear. 29. Clear and fine: sharp frost. SO. Frosty: 

 rain: clear. 31. Overcast: fine. 



Mean temperature of the month 44°'32 



Mean temperature of Oct. 1849 49 '55 



Mean temperature of Oct. for the last twenty-four years . 50 '51 

 Average amount of rain in Oct 2"67 inches. 



Boston. — Oct. 1,2. Fine. 3,4. Cloudy. 5. Fine. 6. Fine : rain p.at. 7. 

 Cloudy: rain early a.m. 8. Cloudy. 9, 10. Fine: rain p.m. 11. Cloudy: 

 rain a.m. and p.m. 12. Fine. 13, 14. Cloudy. 15, 16. Fine. 17. Cloudy. 

 18. Fine. 19,20. Cloudy. 21. Cloudy: rain early a.m. 22. Cloudy. 23. 

 Fine: rain a.m. and p.m. 24 — 26. Cloudy: rain a.m. and p.m. 27. Fine: 

 rain P.M. 28. Fine : rain early a.m. 29. Fine. 30. Cloudy. 31. Cloudy: 

 rain early a.m. 



Applegarth Mnnse, Dumfries-shire. — Oct. 1. Fair, but unsettled-looking. 

 2. Fair, but dull and cloudy. 3. Drizzling greater part of the day. 4. Heavy 

 showers p.m. 5. Fog a.m. : hail: rain p.m. 6. Fog a.m.: heavy rain p.m. 

 7. High wind : heavy rain. 8. Fair, but cloudy. 9. Slight hail : light rain p.m. 

 10. Fair and frosty: shower p.m. II. Fair and cold. 12. Fair and cold: 

 frost A.M. 13. Moist and drizzly. 14. Slight showers. 15. Frost : high wind p.m. 

 16. Rainy, but slightly so. 17. Slight showers : cleared p.m. 18. Cloudy all 

 day. 19. Sligl»t showers. 20. Clear and fine. 21. Frost a.m. : shower p.m. 

 22. Frost severe: rain p.m. 23. Frost still: shower. 24. Frost severe. 95. Raw: 

 dull : slight shower. 26. Frost hard : fair all day. 27. Frost very hard : ther- 

 mometer 27": shower p.m. 28. Thaw: fine: clear. 29. Frost again : fine and 

 clear. 30. Rain a.m. : moist all day. 31. Fair and fine throughout. 



Mean temperature of the month 44°'2 



Mean temperature of Oct. 1849 44 "0 



Mean temperature of Oct. for the last twenty-eight years ... 46 '0 

 Average rain in Oct. for twenty-three years 3'50 inches. 



Snrifhvick Mnnse, Orkney. — Oct. 1. Clear: dry: aurora. 2,3. Fine: aurora. 

 4. Fine. 5. Fine : showers: aurora. 6. Fine: solar halo. 7. Rain. 8. Cloudy: 

 showers. 9. Showers : drying. 10. Showers : sleet-showers. 11. Bright: fine. 

 12,13. Drizzle : showers. 14. Showers : ileet-showers. 15. Bright: rain. 16. 

 Rain. 17. Rain : cloudy. 18. Rain. 1 9. Bright : cloudy. 20. Bright : clear. 

 21. Clear. 22. Cloudy; rain. 23. Showers. 24. Showers: clear. 25. Clear : 

 showers. 26. Clear : frost : fine : aurora. 27. Cloudy : rain : aurora. 28. Bright : 

 clear : aurora. 29. Sleet-showers: fine: aurora. 30. Rain : showers. 31. Bright. 



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