I. An account of the weather in various localities during the 15th of March, 1858 (the day of the great solar eclipse); together with observations of the effect produced by the diminution of light upon the animal and vegetable kingdoms

By the author’s request, observations were made at 9 a. m., 11 a. m., and from noon every fifteen minutes up to 2h 16m , at 3 p. m. 4 p. m., 5 p. m., and 9 p. m., and these observations, consisting of the “ Temperature in shade,” “ Wet-Bulb Thermometer in shade,” “Temperature on grass in sunshine,” “ Temperature in sunshine,” “ Amount of cloud and direction of wind,” have been arranged in Tables according to their distance from the annular path. The observations were made at the following stations;—