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t^-pe should offer the same form ; everythnig leads us to be- 

 lieve that this condition does not always exist, but up to the 

 present time researches are wanting upon this subject. 

 [To be continued.] 



PROCEEDINGS AT THE FRIDAY-EVENING MEETINGS OF THE 

 ROYAL INSTITUTION. 



March 20. — Mr. Schomburgk on the aboriginal inhabitants of 

 Guiana; their manners, customs, and present condition. 



March 27. — Dr. George Gregory. Sta.tistics of disease and mor- 

 tality in the metropohs. 



April 3. — Mr. Cowper on the manufacture of cotton. 



April 10. — Mr. Nasmyth on the functions of the mouth and the 

 structure of recent and. fossil teeth. 



A -1 o / i ^o meetings. 

 Apnl 24. — j » 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR MARCH^ 1840. 



Chiswiclc. — March 1, 2. Cold and dry. 3. Cloudy. 4. Bleak and cold. 5. 

 Frosty: cold and dry : sharp frost at night. 6, 7. Frosty haze: fine. 8, 9. 

 Clear and frosty : fine. 10. Very fine. 11. Drizzly. 12. Cloudy. 13. Hazy: 

 fine. 14. Overcast: very fine. 15. Slight rain. 16. Fine but cold. 17. 

 Clear. 18. Overcast- 19,20. Cloudy and cold : clear. 21. Very clear. 22. 

 Overcant. 23. Fine but cold. 24, 25. Clear and cold. 26 — 28. Cloudy and 

 cold. 29,30. Cloudy and fine. 31. Drizzly. 



It may be observed that the qaantity of rain in this month was less than 3- lOths 

 of an inch. The barometer stood remarkably high and in general very steady. 



Boston. — March 1 — 3. Fine, 4. Stormy. 5 — 8. Fine. 9. Cloudy. 10. Fine. 

 11,12. Cloudy. 13. Fine. 14. P^ain. 15. Cloudy: rain p. ai. 16, 17. Cloudy. 

 18. Rain: rain P.M. 19,20. Cloudy. 21. Fine : snow early a.m. 22. Cloudy : 

 rain p.ji. 23. Cloudy: snow early a.m. 24. Hail: snow early a.m. 25. Fine: 

 snow early A.M. 26. Fine : snow p.m. 27,28. Cloudy. 29. Cloudy: rain p.m. 

 30, 31. Cloudy. 



Applegarlh Manse, Dwrifries-shire. — March 1, 2. Fine clear day: frosty. 3. The 

 same: getting cloudy p.m. 4,5. The same: still freezing. 6. Remarkably 

 fine day : gentle frost. 7 — 9. The same: hoar frost a.m. 10. The same, but 

 threatening change. 11. The same, but cloudy: no frost. 12. The same: con- 

 tinuing cloudy: no frost. 13. Dry and boisterous: cloudy. 14. Dry but 

 cloudy. 15. Fine day : rain a.m. 16. Slight rain morning : cleared up. 17. 

 Fine: frosty early a.m. 18. Fine: the same. 19. Fine: without frost. 20, 

 Fine: hoarfrost. 21. Fine: strong frost. 22. Fine: getting cloudy. 23. 

 Passing showers of snow and hail : frosty. 24, 25. The same : very cold : frosty. 

 26. Fair but cloudy. 27. Fine but dull. 28. Remarkably fine day. 29. The 

 same after a shower A.M. 30. Wet morning: drizzly all day. 31, Occasional 

 showers. 



Sun shone out 29 days. Rain fell 5 days. Snow and hail 1 day. Frost and 

 hoar frost 17 days. 



Wind north I-2- day. North-east 8^ days. East 2 days. South 4 days. South- 

 west 3 days. West 2 days. North-west 6 days. Nonh-north-west 1 day. North- 

 north-east 1 day. Variable 2 days. 



Calm 15 days. Moderate 9 days. Brisk 5 days. Strong breeze 2 days. 



