205 ?Ietcorologicat lieporl. — To CorresponJoUs. 



TbefolloTLiiif^ additional Ohfa-vations have been communicated It) Mr. LokfT: 



FROM the 20th of July lafl there has been an uncommon quantity of heavy rain, wind, 

 and violent thunder { but it lus greatly forwarded the harveft, which on the whole ii very 

 &vuuralite. 



On the Cd of Aueuft the great funflowcr (tkcliatiihus annum,) began to flower. 



On the W, .Jd, and -Jth of Auguil, thundei-ftorms : the two firll days violent, with much 

 tain. 



At the commencement of thefc florms, thermometer about 70'. 



'i'hurfday, Augult 1-1, fcvere thunder-ltorm j red lichcning j many great cxplofions ; 

 heavy rain. 



The lightning and thunder were both fuch, that a young hound which was out with me ii» 

 the village made a llrong cry of :ilarm. 



TucUlay, Augiift IP, much lightning ne.nr midnight j very white and vivid ; and from all 

 part; of the (ky, even to very near the zenith. 



About half part '.', d.ftant thunder. 



About S, a fingle occtcdiiig loud and cralliini; exjdofion. At Trorton, moft, and at Ix- 

 worth, many, of the inhaljltuits role horn their beds. 



It did not appear to mc fo violent as many that 1 have known, nor comparable to fevcral 

 of the following day j hut allowance mull be made for the Itilliiefs of night, and for thole 

 »ho were fudd« nly thui awakened from a profound fleep. 



Thermnnietcr, .'5 p. Me<l Noil., (ili". 



Wcdnefday, from about half pall '.) A. M., to near It.', a great thunder-ftorm. 



It foon came up ; and in a little time the iky was univerfally clouded, and darker than at 

 half pall l in the morning. 



Lightnmg very ftrong j ten or twelve very violent cxplofions, though all diftant. 



The intervals were not c >uiited, but in geneial ihey were near a minute, which would 

 ^ivc i ilittancc of near twelve miles : tlic nearell rild not feeni Id's than Ij" between tiie 

 ria/ii and the report. 



Thii is laid to have ftruc!. a hirge houff al)Out (ii miles nnrvli-dft of us, on a bird's-flight 

 lire, and to h:ive produced Ibmc eft'ccts of a very awful and extraordinary nature, though 

 Viitl'.oiit the ileiliurtion of any human life. 



Many of the cxplofions were of the buvlling and rattlinp kind, which is almoft always 

 accompanied with mifchicf : many of the long lolling kind ; which feeiiis to be a fucceflion 

 of explofons throuih a long leiies of cloud. 1 he tune of fuch thunder, when foftened by 

 Uiftancc, ii v.ond.-riulljk- and fuolimcly uHe-^ual. Attempts have been made to depreciate 

 Tlwnifon'i Dei'cripti .nof a 'I'hund r-ftorm j but it appears to me equally correft, fublime, and 

 poetical : that ir e.-ferii'cs tlie different fpecics of thunder witli peifedl: and energetic truth : 

 that it wondcrfuUj conveys llie idea to the car, the ima^iination, and the iieait. 



AUiut 7 V. M. irterthf thirijrr Itiirm of the 14th, there w.is a perfcft rainbow. 



The r'lermoinet.r, aLout 11 A M. on Monday the IHth, had been SlJ". 



OeneMl tjmp r.iturc of heat tliis month, high ; barometer Ioa. 



Poiiil; f ener.illi, uiKoniinonly low, notwithllanding the freuucnt and great rains. 



The evini/ig beSne the gie.ir thvinJer-llorm of the JOth, fomc deiife clouds ; and a long 

 extent of red rcfiaclcd lij;lit in t! t horizon. 



TheimoniiTtr, after the dorm, had lank about 4", though by the time of the day it would 

 generally have h, cii riling 



In the thiity <>.':e •\i^'i, fix of thunder. 



Ttojion, ^Uihj'i ■:'£, lail(J. C.«i?EL LOFFT. 



w Lonnyspos DENTS. 



V> '. li.;v> to ii'.treat r'.e Indulgence of feveral old and mdch cfteemed Coriefpondents, the 

 Infiiti.in of whole r&voara has been unavoidably dulavcd by an uiiufual Preflure of Inte- 

 relting V!,it!er. 



THn r.NQ^^iiKF.R is deferred for the fame reafon, as is the Continuation of the Letters 

 from Su it,:erl,,nJ. The \ arious Communications from Book Societies, in Anfwer to Dr. Simp« 

 io.-i, ihaU have pKue alto^ather. 



S. Wii.soN, of Birmiiigh.im, Is informed that the Lift of Periodical Works, with the 

 ^uiiibei- lold of each, as it lately appeared ia fomc of the Country Newlpapers, may be icr 

 teivcd as toleiablj correft. On his lugjrellion we have copied it. — i"he State of the Monthly 

 Magazine has ceitainly been for fomc 'liine higher ti;an that of any other fimilar Work pub- 

 lilhcd in London; and we may truly add, that it is greater at this Moment than it lu* 

 ever been, two Hundred Purch.ifers having been auJcd to the former Number lince the Com- 

 ncncen-.er.t of this prefent Volume. 



We have a:, ufual received feveral Complaints of the Non-receipt of our Supplementary 

 Number, puhli/hed on the Firft of Augull. In Ueply, we can only reiterate our former 

 Charges againlt the London Agents of the Csuntry BookfcUers for not duly ibrwarding thcju. 



