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479 



NOTES. 



The following, which had accidentally been omitted by the ori- 

 ginal copyist, was received from Mr. Taylor after his Pa^^er was 

 struck otf. It should follow at p. 399, line 19. 



This result it must be recollected is derived from the A. R. proper 

 motions alone, because the A. R. Catalogues alone are strictly speak- 

 ing comparable ; if we compute the value of m which shall reconcile 

 the P. M. in Declination, a much larger value than that above found 

 will result ; but it appears, that the discordances happen to the ob- 

 servations made in the summer (of 10^.— I4A. A. R.), and to those 

 made in the winter (of 22h.—2h. A. R.) ; if then with reference to 

 Piazzi's observations— the correction of the mean refraction for tem- 

 perature which has been employed, should be erroneous to the 

 amount of one second, under these extremes, a complete reconcilia- 

 tion of the P.M. in Declination with that from the A. R. observa- 

 tions will result. 



Upon consideration, and in accordance with Lieut. Newbold's ex- 

 pressed opinion, we forbear from publishing the Malayan catalogues 

 of the animal and vegetable productions of that Peninsula— (see p. 75 

 of No. 18) the specific names of the greater number being unascertain- 

 ed, which would render the list meagre and uninteresting to the scien- 

 tific reader. We propose to circulate printed copies of the catalogue 

 to our settlements in the Straits, and thus the ends of science may be 

 subserved by Lieut.Newbold's diligent labours, as we may in this man- 

 ner procure the identification of the various plants and animals named. 



