1821.] 



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was 2" below the freezing point wlien 

 ice upwards of ^ of an inch in thick- 

 ness was observed ; ou the 7th the wea- 

 ther became mild, seasonable, and 

 pleasant, which continued till the 25th ; 

 the last three days of this period were 

 extremely warm; outhe 24th the ther- 

 mometer was 70'', when in the latter 

 part of that day v r had some extremely 

 vivid ligiitninnrand loud pt;als of thun- 

 der, which in this neighliourhood was 

 productive of some very melancholy 

 circumstances. The remainder of the 

 month was most unseasonably cold with 

 torrents of rail? ; the difference be- 

 tween the highest and lowest points of 

 the thermometer this month is43'\ 



June.— The, weather continued cold, 

 wet, and very unfavourable for the 

 season till the 24tii, the remainder, ex- 

 cepting the two last days whicli were 

 rather cold, was most oppressively hot ; 

 on the 2fiti!, 27ih and 2Sth, the thermo- 

 meter v.-as 7S'',80oand 77", the average 

 temperature of these five days is G6o 

 and of tile rest of the month o2o and 

 the average of the whole 54" 6 which 

 if very low for the season. 



Jidi/. — The former half of this month 

 was drjr, brilliant, and very favourable 

 for the season ; the latter half was ex- 

 tremely sultry with intervals of thun- 

 der and often accompanied with heavy 

 rain. 



August was on the whole wet and 

 gloomy, and very unfavourable for the 

 harvest. The 20th and the three fol- 

 lowing days were extremely cold with 

 frosty nights, when ice was observed in 

 the vicinity of this city. 



September. — The weather was gene- 

 rally fair and oppressively sultry till 

 the 15th ; on the 12th the mid-day 

 temperature was as high as 74° and 

 night 67"; on the 15th we had 

 showers of Iiail when the weather be- 

 came verjr unsettled, and continued 

 r showry and cold till tlie end of the 

 to month. In the night of the 24fli iuid 

 W the follo\\iug day, we had some vivid 

 lightning and loud peals of thunder. 



The very gloomy state of the atmos- 

 phere on the 7th, the day of (he groat 

 solai eclipse, prevented any observa- 

 tions here respecting that phenouienou. 



October. — The former part of this 

 monih was fair and pleasant, and veiy 

 favourable for the season ; after the 14th 

 the \\ eather continued wet,gIoomy, and 

 at times very stormy till the end of the 

 month ; on the 22d snow was ol-'served 

 on the tops of some of the higliest moun- 

 tains: the diffrrence hetvveen the high- 

 est and lowest points of the barometer 



this montli is upwards of 2 inches. 



November was mild for the season, 

 but very moist and gloomy: no snow 

 fell here, and ou two mornings only 

 we saw ice : excepting the 5th, 20th, 

 and 21st, ■which were rather stormy, 

 the whole of the remainder was per- 

 fectly calm and generally fogey. 



DecarJier. The first eleven days 

 were wet and most unseasonably mild, 

 the thermometer during this period 

 was generally 50° and upwards : on 

 the 12th some sleet fell, when the 

 neighbouring mountains were partially 

 covered witli snow ; ^A'e afterwards had 

 a week of lingering frost, and on the 

 morning of iha Ifith, a light fall of 

 snow which soon dissolved; the 19th 

 and the three following days were ex- 

 tremely mild and pleasant; the re- 

 mainder was moderate frost with strong 

 parching easterly winds. 



In the Monthly Magazine for Febru- 

 ary, 1813, will be found a summary of 

 the temperature, density, quantity of 

 rain, &c. for the twelve preceding 

 years. The following is a complete 

 meteorological average of the last 

 twenty years at Carlisle, of which an 

 abstract has been published annually 

 in tlie Monthly Magazine since ISOl. 



A general Meteorological summary 

 of the wliole period. 



Ther. Bar. la. Bar. Ann. Range In. Rnio In. 



47"-2745 29-8435 2-1225 29-9125 



Greatest height of the thermometer 

 during the twenty years was 85°, May 

 25fh,'1807. Least do. 2° (2° below 

 zero) January, 17th, IS14. 



Greatest height of the Barometer 

 during the same period 30,94 inch. 

 January 9th, 1820. Lea>t do. 2S,06 

 inches,' December 15th, 1809. 



Other particulars with respect to the 

 hours of registering, local situation, 

 &c. v.illbe found in the Monthly Ma- 

 gaziufts for February, 1809, and Febru- 

 ary, 1813. " W. Pitt. 



Carlisle, Jan. 2, 1821. 



For the Montldn Magazine. 



THE ENQUIRER. 



No. XXXI. 



HOW PAR IS LITERARY IMITATIOK 

 .JU.STIPIABLE BY EXAMPLE. 



" Non pudet iuterduin alterius nos ore locu- 



tOS." — VIDA. 



IT is a question of some importance 

 to literature in general, to ascertain 

 how far it is allowable for authors to 

 enrich tlieir works from foreign sources, 

 and to supply the defect of originality 

 by borrowing tin; thoughts, and imita- 

 ting the style and manner of ancient 

 or contemporary writers. It lias accor- 

 dingly 



