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a n d b e n t s p l e u l u m p r o j e c t i n g f r o m i t s p o s t e r i o r p a r t . T h e a r r a n g e , m e n t of t h e f e m a l e a p p a r a t u s I f a i l e d t o trace.--Proceedings of the dcad. Nat, Scien. Philadelphia.

PROFESSOR AGASSIZ.

W e a r e c r e d i b l y i n f o r m e d t h a t t h i s d i s t i n g u i s h e d n a t u r a l i s t h a s c o n s e n t e d t o a c c e p t a n i n v i t a t i o n t o r e m a i n i n t h i s c o u n t r y i n c o n - n e c t i o n w i t h t h e s c i e n t i f i c c o r p s o f H a r v a r d C o l l e g e . E v e r y s c i e n - t i f i c m a n i n A m e r i c a w i l l b e r e j o i c e d to h e a r so u n e x p e c t e d a p i e c e o f g o o d news,---Silliman's Journal for Nov. 1 8 4 7 .

M E T E O R O L O G I C A L O B S E R V A T I O N S F O R NOV, 1847. Chiswick,--November 1. Overcast : very fine : clear. 2---4. Foggy. 5. Densely

overcast : very fine. 6. Very fine: rain. 7. Cloudy. 8. Fine. 9. Exceed ing ly f ine : clear. 10. Frosty: f ine: clear, l l . Finer cloudy. 12. R a i n : fine. 13. Clear and fine : overcast. 14. Overcast : sl ight rain. 15. Fine. 16. Rain. 17. F ine : clear : sharp frost. 18. Frosty : clear. 19. Frosty : hazy. '20. Dense fog. 21. Foggy : hazy and damp. .02. Overcast : exceedinglyfine. 23. Cloudy : rain. 24. Very fine. 25, Cloudy. 26. Constant rain. 27. Foggy : rain. 28. Overcast : ra in: barometer very low. 29. Very fine. 30. R a i n : cloudy am1 mild.

Mean temperature of the month . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44°"61 Mean temperature of :Nov. 1846 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 '73 :Mean temperature of Nov. for the last twenty years . . . . . . 42 "88 Average amount of rain in Nov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2'56 inches.

B~ tan . - -N0v . l ~ 2. Fine. S. Foggy. 4, 5. Cloudy. 6. Cloudy: rain v.~r. 7 ~ 1 0 . Fine. 11. t~ainy. 12. R a i o y : rain early A.M. 15. Fine. 14. Fine : beaut i ful morning. 15, 16. Cloudy. 17. F i n e : at noon thermometer 48 : s tormy v.~. 18. Fine: snow early A.M. : first ice this morning. 19. Fine. 20. Foggy. 21. Cloudy. 22. Rain. 23. R a i n : rain early A.~t. 24. Fine. 25. W i n d y : six o 'clock v.M. therm. 52"5: ra in v.M. 26. C loudy : three o 'clock v.~. therm. 48"0 : rain v.~h 27. Ra in : rain e.~t.: half-past six r.~I. therm. 48. 28. Rain . 29. Fine. 80. Rain : ra in early A.M.

Sandwick ~$anse'~ O,'kney.~Nov. 1. C loudy : drops. 2. Cloudy : clear. :3. Showers: clear. 4. Cloudy. 5. Rain, 6. C loudy :d rops - 7. Cloudy: rain. 8. D a m p : rain : cloudy. 9. Showers: cloudy. I0. Showers. I 1. Br igh t : dear . 12. Clear. 1S. Bright : damp. 14. Rain : cloudy. 15. Br ight : showers. 16. Hail .showers. 17. Snow-showers: hail-showers. 18. Drizzle. 19. Drizzle: cloudy : aurora. '20, Clear : cloudy, -21, 22. Cloudy : rain. 28. Showers : sleet-showers- 24. B~ight : showers. 25. Cloudy : showers. 26. Showers : cloudy. 27. Clear : frost : rain. 28. Clear : frost : cloudy : frost. 29. Br ight : cloudy. SO. Showers.

,dl~plegarth Manses Dumfries-shire.----Nov. 1. Showers: "heavy rain A.r~. 2. Very fine. :3. Fair : frost x . ~ . 4. Dul l : sl ight drizzle. 5. Threatening, 6. Occasional showers. 7. Heavy rain. 8. Heavy rain : flood. 9. Fa i r and fine. 10. Dul l~ .~n. : r a inv ,~ . 11. Rain all day. 12. R a i n A . g . : c l e a r e d . 18. R a w : froztA.M, t4. Dull , bu t f ine . I5. ShowersA.M.: heavyv.M. 16. F ine a .~ . : showers v,~*. 17. Frost: ice on pools. 18, Hard frost. 19. Dul l : fair. 20. D u l l : s l ight drizzle. 21. Du l l : rain e .~ . 22. Fine A.M. : rain v.M. 2 °, 24. Heavy showers. 25. Rain : heavy. 26. Fine a.M. : ra in l : ~ . 27. F ine : frost ,~.~a. 28. Frost : fair. 29. Ra in early ~,.~. 30. Showery.

5 lean temperature of the month . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45°'7 Mean temperature of Nov. 1846 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 "4 Mean temperature of Nov. for twenty-five years . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 "4 Ra in in Nov. 1847 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :3"79 inches. Average rain in Nov. for twenty years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3"q0 n

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