weather during March, and also the cold and wet which prevailed during April in the same year : secondly, the sudden rise of tem- perature, amounting to 21° of Fahr., which occurred in a few hours on the 26th of April: and thirdly, the continuance, through May, of extreme vicissitudes of temperature between the day and the night ; the burning heat of the days and the cold thick fogs, with easterly winds, commencing generally about sunset, and prevailing during the night.
A paper was also read, entitled, " Report of a remarkable appear- ance of the Aurora Borealis below the Clouds." By the Rev. James Farquharson, LL.D., F.R.S., Minister of Alford.
The phenomenon recorded in this paper occurred on the night of the 24'th of February 1 842, when a remarkable aurora borealis was seen by the author apparently situated between himself and lofty stratus clouds, which extended in long parallel belts with narrow intervals of clear sky in a direction from north-west to south-east. The author gives, in detail, the particulars of his observations.
April 21, 1842.
WILLIAM THOMAS BRANDE, Esq., V.P., in the Chair.
The following papers were read : —
1. "On the Organic Tissues in the bony structure of the Coral- lidae." By J. S. Bowerbank, Esq. Communicated by Thomas Bell, Esq., F.R.S., was in part read.
" Papers from the several Magnetic Observatories established in India, addressed to the Secretary of the Royal Society, by direction of the Honourable East India Company." Communicated by P. M. Roget, M.D,, Sec. R.S.
1. From the Magnetic Observatory at Madras: —
Magnetic and Meteorological Observations for October, Novem- ber and December 1841; as also for January 1842.
Term-day Observations for October and November, and Curves for August, September, October and November 1841.
Observations of the Direction and Force of the Wind, and the state of the Sky, during October and November 184L
Extraordinary Magnetic Curves for September, October and De- cember 1841.
2. From the Magnetic Observatory at Singapore : — Magnetic Observations from March to October, 1841, with Curves for the same period.
Anemometer Curves for March, April, May, June, July, August, September and October 1841.
