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finger, are oftentimes vety injurious to young willows, on the wood of whiclt they subsisé, 
They bore into them deep and wide holes, in various directions. This injury might. at least 
jn some measure, be prevented, were the females previously to laying their eggs, ‘about the 
latter end of June,) to be picked off the trees and destroyed: They are of considerable size, 
arid easily seen. 
The salmon fishing in the fivers is ended, after a tolerably successful season. It however 
still goes on about the sea coasts, and in the mouths of the harbours. 
The Atherines or Southampton émelts (atherina bespetus of Linnzus), and the sand 
Jaances or wreckle, (ammodytes tobianus), are now in great abundance on most of the sandy’ 
shores of Hampshire and Dorsetshire. 
August 30. The following garden-plants are in flower.—-The autumnal squill (sci/la 
eututnalis of Linnzus), autumnal snow-flake (/eucojum autamnale), yellow amaryllis 
Camaryllis lutea), woolly spitzea (spiraa tomentosa), and althza trutex (bibiscus syriacus ) 
The wild plants, creeping pimpernel (anagallis tenella), Marth St.John’s wort (/ypericum 
elsdes), autumal and field gentian (geatiana amarella and campestris), calathian vioiet (gen- 
tiana pneumonantbe), and soap-wort (saponaria officinalis), are also in flower 
September 2. A viper was this day seen basking itself in the sun. All the british species 
of teptiles and serpents will soon retire into their winter concealments_ . 
The hirundines begin to congregate previously to their departure. The starlings also begia 
to collect into flocks. : 
The goat-sucker is no longer heard. 
Grapes are becoming ripe. : 
September 10. The autumnal meadow saffren (colcbicum autumnale), is in flower. 
September 14. The leaves of the lime begin to turn yellow and fall. The fruit of the 
bramble ripens. Ivy isin flower. The catkins both of the hazel and birch are formed 
September 16. The female fern (pteris aguilina), is turning brown. The leaves of the 
elm, the sycamore and birch begin to change. 
Since the frosty nights have commenced, the house-flies have become so languid as to suftee 
themselves to be handled without struggling much to escape. 
September 18. The saffron or pale-clouded yellow butterfly (papilio byale of Linnzud,) is 
geen flying about the roads and hedges. ’ 
Hampshire. 
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METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. 
@bservaiions on the State of the Weather, from the 16th of August, to the 24th of 
September 1807, inclustve, Two Miles N.W. of St. Paul's. 
Barometer. Thermometer. 
Highest 30.20. Sept. 90. Wind N.E. Higheft 80°. Aug. 25. Wind S. E. 
Lowest 29.40. Sept. 6. Wind S, W. Lowe 354°. Sept. 14: Wind N. W. 
On the 20th the “On the morning of 
a Frey stood «at the 29th the ther- 
SO. 20, and on the miometer was as low 
nasa nce? Bi ssa 21st at the same , eae 12° as 36, and on the 
4: hats y hour it was ne o4 eis * g20th at the same it 
; higher than29,80. | ~ : was as high as 48. 
» 
The quantity of rain fallen this mosth is equal to little more than three inches. 
Although we had a few slight showers towards the end of August, there was nothing like a 
¢ontinted rain tiJlthe 9th of the present month, from which time till the 21st the weather 
was again settled fair, since which we had heavy raina for a considerable part of three days 3 
but the whole amount is equal only to about three inches in depth. The steady continuance of 
fine weather during this summer has been general in almast all the southern and midland coun~ 
ties of the island, but towards the north the rains have been heavy, and the storms not unfre- 
quently violent. Indeed in many parts it is regardedas having been 2 wet summer. On the 
fifth the storm of wind.was exceedingly violent, we believe over the whole country, in the 
north of England. In Scotland, and in Ireland it was attended with such heavy rains as pro-- 
duced most alarming and destructive floods; in the metropolis and omthe southern coast it was 
attended with little rain; but owing to its happening at the time of spring-tides, it caused a 
prodigious swell in the sea, that occasioned some damage. Another circumstance deserving ef 
notice is that though so much hot and dry weather has occurred, yet it has been attended in 
the south with very little thunder and lightning, comparatively; in the north, where the 
_< gains have been more frequent, these phenomena have been by no means unusual. 
The wind has blown chiefly fromthe south west and nerth west ; from the 12th to the 21st 
it was chiefly N. E. and very cold, whigh cguging rather suddenly afteg the heat, was severely — 
4els by the invalid and the weakly. 
