and the Distribution of Heat over the Globe. 39 
51 Japan. A single year. Voy. de Thunberg, p. 121. Cli- 
mate of islands. Under the Equator, 64°.4, at a height of 6000 
feet. 
5 2 West of the Alleghany s, in Louisiana. Four years. Dun- 
bar. Transatlantic climate. 
55 Madeira. Heberden. Climate of islands. St Croix, of 
Teneriffe, 71°. 42. The remainder of the island of Teneriffe, in 
the plains, 69°. 26. Buck. 
5 4 Old observations of Tartebout. They appear good. Bag- 
dad, Lat. 33° 19' ; according to Beauchamps, 73°. 76. The four 
seasons, 50°. 74 ; 74°.64 ; 92°. 66 ; 77°; but there was reflection 
from a house. The thermometer falls to 29°.44. Under the 
Equator, at 3,000 feet high ; mean temp. 71°.24. 
5 5 The calculations are made from the observations of Nouet, 
( Decade , ii. 213.) The following are the mean temps, of the 
12 months: 58°. 1 ; 56°.12 ; 64°.58 ; 77°.9 ; 78°.26 ; 83°.66 ; 
85°.02; 85°.82 ; 79°.16 ; 72°.32 ; 62°.96 ; 61°.24. (Niebuhr, 
72°.2.) Temp, of Joseph’s Well, 72°.5. Catacombs of Thebes, 
81°.5. Well of the great pyramid, surrounded by sand, 88°. 16 
Jomard. Bassora, on the Persian Gulf; mean temp. 77°. 9 ; 
winter, 64°.04 ; summer, 90°.86 ; July, 93°.2. 
5 6 Orta. Humboldt, Nouv. Esp. iv. 516. Jamaica, coast, 
80°. 6. Blagden. 
57 Ferrer, 1810—1812. Con. des Terns , 1817, p. 338. 
Wells of 10 feet deep; air, 75°.92 ; water, 74°. 48; in 1812, 
maximum, Aug. 14.86°; minimum , Feb. 20. 61°. 52. Grot- 
tos, 81°. 5. Humboldt, Observ. Astron. i. 134. 
58 Humboldt. Pondicherry, 85°. 1 ; Madras, 80°. 42; Ma- 
nilla, 78°. 08; Isle de France, coast, 80°. 42. 
Art. VI. — Description of Water- Spouts observed by the late 
Mr Maxwell. Extracted from his MS. Journal. 
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A HE appearances exhibited by water-spouts have been long 
ranked as among the most curious and perplexing phenomena 
in meteorology. Some philosophers have regarded water-spouts 
as of electrical origin ; while others have considered them as 
