420 To toivrf/mulents. — l^rratat 



and narrow at the ftirllier extremity; but, tTiroiisrIiout, well flefined. TIic hcnd ranidicc?, 

 «; i'Ttd a cloud or lliic!; fiiioke, without ap|.c;iriiig to iiill ; aiul the train broke iuto leit 

 I'purkk-s, leaving i'o; 1 ■me lime alter it the appearance oC reddifli light. 



.It was probably not feeii hi{!;lier t!ian 60" bj' tliol'e who noticed it in the fitoations men- 

 t'toned For, unlets the eve be piiriiofeiy direiScd lo celeftial phenomena, it rarely fees 

 an ohjeijl', am! <.r|ieeially an unespp^ied one, at a greater altitude. 



Till' pril'iuate fi<.;iire of thetmn indicates a great concentration of litiht. 'I'hf ohange (if 

 colour was probably occafioncd by a pafiage from the liigher and more oxygenated regions 

 of the atniofphcre into the lower, wjieie'lhere is more ot hydrogen. 



I fufpectcd that llie real height of thefe meteors above the earth's fiirface, and confe- 

 tjnenlly tlicir magnitude and real velocity (elHmated liy their apparent vclo'city and cal- 

 culated height), has been conliderably under-rated ; and I aui ftrengtheoed in this luf- 

 picion, by observing that the ilkidrious Hall .'y calculated a meteor at 60 miles nearly above 

 the furCace, from a comparifon of obfervalions. 



The probability tlnit funic of them at leaft arc permanent revolving bodies^ as lately 

 fuggc-tVed, gives additional intereft to the obfervafion of thefe plu'noinena. 



On the night of the 'JOili, at near 1 o'clock in the morning, there was either a very lu- 

 minous meteor, or a moft vivid flafli of lightning. ( 



Tucfday, October 14, very heavy and long continued rain ; and much on the 15lh. 



The barometer, during moft of the days from the i-Oth to the end of September, wa.* 

 rather low. 



T'hermonieter, in the fun, I pr.ft 9, 1ft and 2d October, as high as 102, in a fouthern 

 afpett in the green-houfes. 



CaPIL LoFtT. 



To CORRESPONDENTS, Ac. 



ONCE more we earncftly folicit the patience of feveral old and mitch valued Corre- 

 fpoudents, fer deferring foiue communications ^^hich are not of a temporarj' nature, but 

 ivhich IhaJl have place with as little delay as is confiftent with our paramount duty to the 

 public. ^ 



The offer of a diftinguirticd Scholar to enrich our pages with a fyfteinaticferies of pa- 

 pers on.the Greek and Latin Chillies, cannot fail to be acceptable to our readers. 



A. Y. could not more oblige us than by fending the poetical compofitions of hisdeccafed 

 friend. Supeiiior I.'oeiry is always acce|itablc to «s, from whatever q\iarter it may 

 come ; and it is the I'pci.ies of literary commodity of which the Editors of a Alagazine have 

 generally the fmallcit ttock on their hands. 



Our readers \vill congratuli;te uson the re-appearance of our old friend the Enquhieu, 

 and on the profpeft ol' the frequent repetition of his favours. 



1 he great attention which lias been to juftly drawn towards the recent conqucft made by 

 the 13ritifli Arms in ^'outh America, has occalioned us to iiifert, in the prcfeut number, a 



C0RU1.CT MAV Of TlJF. COUNTRIES BOIIDEKINO ON THl. lltVER LA PlATA. It has bcCll 



. ai;curatcly reduced from a gre.it SpaniOi map of South America, few copies of which are 

 to be found in this country, 



We continue to receive communications from' Members of various Book Societies, in 

 reply to the enquiries of Dr. Siir.pfon, and think it proper to inform thofe friends that, on 

 account of the length of their feveral communications, we are under the neceffity of 

 referring tlio ivliole to our Supplementary Number. 



The intereliing account of the late coutroverfy, relative to the elcftion of a Mathema- 

 tical Profeflor in the Univerllty of Edinburgh, (hall certainly have place in 'uir next. 



The Friends of Humanity, who have entruttcd Mr. Phillips with their I'ubfcriptions to the 

 family of Piiliii, are informed that the amount will be paid to the treafurer alLLOYo's, 

 and their refpeftive coutributions be diftinttly fpecilied. 



EllKATA. 

 WE are defired by a correlpondent to fay, that Lady Dacre, of Lee, daughter of Sir 

 Thomas Fludyer, and widow of Trevor Charles Roper, Baron Dacre, is alive and viiell ; 

 and that it was Lady Dacre of Buchingham, who died a (hort time Cnce, and about whoiu 

 ■« e inteudcd to inl'ert tome particulars in our ]\Iagazine publillied September the I'ifll. 

 Errata in Mr. Gle:g\ Reply to Mr, La'tng, in Magazine for September. 

 P. 123, col. 2, line 7 from bottom, for Herbert, read Hubert. 

 P. 124, col. 1, line 14 from top, for the fafts, fva^ their fatts. 

 P. 125, col. 1, line 20 for alone, rfati done. 



, col. 2, line '22 for'the opinions, r.-at/ their opinions, 



P. 12<), col, 2, line 11 for Revenge, read Baronage. 



P. 1'i7, col. '>, line '28 for as I, rad or. 



Alfo at p. 2iii4, col. 2, line S5, for euch8lander,.rw<^ achalander, 



