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type should offer the same form ; everything leads us to be- 
lieve that this condition does not always exist, but up to the 
present time researches are wanting upon this subject. 
PROCEEDINGS AT THE FRIDAY-EVENING MEETINGS OF THE 
ROYAL INSTITUTION. 
March 20. — Mr. Scliomburgk on the aboriginal inhabitants of 
Guiana ; their manners, customs, and present condition. 
March 27.— Dr. George Gregory. Statistics of disease and mor- 
tality in the metropolis. 
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. 
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR MARCH, 1840. 
Chiswick, — 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. 
Overcast. 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 quantity 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. Rain. 15. Cloudy : rain p.m. 16,17. Cloudy. 
18. Rain: rain P.M. 19, 20. Cloudy. 21. Fine : snow early a.m. 22. Cloudy : 
rain p.m. 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. 
Applegartk Manse, Dumfriesshire. — 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 1^ day. North-east 8^ days. East 2 days. South 4 days. South- 
west 3 days. W'^est 2 days. North-west 6 days. North-north-w'est 1 day. North- 
north-east 1 day. Variable 2 days. 
Calm 15 days. Moderate 9 days. Brisk 5 days. Strong breeze 2 days. 
[To be continued.] 
