t8oo. Qbfervatlons upon the Climate of Enjl-Lothian. O3 



A. The Pruflian peafant is not allowed to cultivate flax, 

 until he has fown a fufficient quantity of corn for his own 

 confumption ; and the further ufe of his own ground then de- 

 pends upon hiir.felf. 



^ 18. Is flax cultivated every where in tile fame man- 

 ner ? 



A. Flax is cultivated and prepared in the fame manner 

 throughout PrulFia, and made quite ready for fale, by the pea- 

 fant alone. 



TO THE CONDUCTORS OF THE FAPx.MER's MAGAZINE. 



GENTLEMEN, 



If the folloiv'ing Ohfervat'tons upon the Climate of JEafl-Lcthiaii 

 appear worthy of notice y you are at liberty to ififert them in your 

 Magaziney I aniy ^c. A. B. 



There is perhaps no diftri^t, of equal extent, in the united 

 kingdom, in v/hich the climate is fo various, as in tlie county 

 of Eail-Lothian : From the fea-coaft to the lyammermuir hills, 

 a diilance of only 13 or 14 miles, all the different Ihades of 

 climate, generally met with in the north of Europe, are ex- 

 perienced. 



This variety is evidently owing to the elevation of the land, 

 in different parts, above the level of the fea : From the fouthern 

 boundary of the Frith of Forth, the country rifes towards the 

 Lammermuir hills, not in a gradual flope, but in a fort of 

 ridges, running nearly parallel to each other, in a direftiou 

 from weft to eaft : Each of thefe ridges poffeffes a climate in 

 every refpe6l: fuitcd to its altitude ; thofe.neareft the hills 

 being colder, and the feafons later, thj^n fuch as are lef^ ele- 

 vated and nearer the fea ; while the vales, or intermediate 

 fpaces, enjoy, with lit.tle variation, the fame climate and fea- 

 fons as the open flat part of the county. 



But though the actual degree of heat, as mealured by the 

 thermometer, in the different parts of EafI: -Lothian, will be 

 found to correfpond pretty nearly with this defcriptiun, there 

 are other circuraftances to be taken into the account, which 

 have a very confiderable influence upon the climate ; fuch as 

 the prevailing winds, and the figure and fituation of the moft 

 elevated lands : this laft may indeed be (aid to regulate, in a 

 great meafure, both the violence of tliefe winds, and the quan- 

 tity of rain that falls in different parts throughout the year. 



From December till May, the winds are variable, chiefly 

 from eaft to north, and molt of the rain and fnow that fall 

 during that time, are from thefe quarters, with occafional 



ftoims 



