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ties is much greater than I had anticipated. This 
diiFerence, as will appear from the following compara- 
tive statement of thermometrical observations made 
at Woodthorpe, and at Barbourne^ near Worcester, 
is very considerable. The observations at each place 
were made at the same hour of the day, and the aspect 
to which the thermometers were exposed was a 
northern one. 
Mean temperature of the last week in October, at 12 o'clock in the day. 
Barbourne, j Woodthorpe, 
60° 3' I 65° 5' 
Mean of the month of November. 
49° 16' I , 44° 1' 
Mean of first week in December. 
50° I 44° M 
Mean of the whole 6 weeks. 
52° I 45° 32' 
There are many other subjects not at all less 
interesting than those to which I have alluded, that 
will with great propriety fall within the scope of our 
Society, but the Society has wisely determined not to 
extend too widely at first the field of their investiga- 
tions. It will, however, be perfectly compatible with 
the design for which we unite together that the 
antiquities of the county should receive an early 
attention from us ; and it is to be hoped that all those 
who are interested in these important inquiries will 
join our ranks, and furnish us with notices of the 
past history and habits of the people of the county ; 
of any records of its former state of cultivation ; 
