SK> Okervations made during a Tour in the United States. [Jan. 1, 



icr, and the great fummer. But the 

 l^reut umttr, lays OlyinpirxJorus, is when 

 all the planets become tituated in a win- 

 try fign, viz. cither in Aquarius or Pifccs. 

 And the ^reat fummer, is when all of them 

 arc iituiUed in a fummer hgi), viz. either 

 ill Leo, or Cancer. For as tiie fun alone, 

 when he is in Leo, caufes I'uminer, but 

 when he is in Capricorn, winter, and thus 

 the year is formed, which is fo denominat- 

 ed (£;i*-.^o;), becaul'e the fun tends to one 

 and the lame point; for his reltituii(jn is 

 iVom tl;e fame to 'the fam«:, in like man- 

 ner, there is an arrangement of ail the 

 planets elfeCtetl in Ions; periods of time, 

 wliich produces the i^reat year. F(;r if 

 all the [Janets becoming vertical, heat in. 

 the fame manner as the tim, but depart- 

 ing fnjm tliis vertical [lufilion refrigerate, 

 it is not unreiifonablo to fuppofe, that 

 when they became vertical, they produce 

 ;i grentfumiiitr, but when they have de- 



i parted from this polition a great n inter. 

 M the g?r(it uinter, therefore, the conti- 

 nent bccjMiics lea; but in tiie great J'um- 

 »??«•,, the contrary liappens, in confer 

 cjueuce of the liurning heat, and there 

 being great dryiicis where there was 

 niodlure. 



Thtfe, Sir, are a few, from among very 

 many important dogmas with which the 

 writmgs of Aridotle abound, and which, 

 in the traiillation of them I am now en- 

 gaged in, ^vill be copioully unfolded in 

 acconijianying notes, from liis belt Creek 

 interpreters. The milhauklid manner, 

 in which my hibours to (hli'eiiiinatc an- 

 cient wifdom, have hitherto been receiv- 

 ed, through the walignUi/ of venal criti- 

 fij'iii, alfords ine but fmali expectation of 

 iiicrcfs at prelcnt, in unfoltling the piiilo- 

 fophy of Plato and Anlb)tle; but 1 write 

 with the ardent hope of benefiting the 

 jfpOt ii'id obtaining the approbation of 

 niore equitable pollcrity. 



Your nioft obedient fervant, 



Thomas Taylor. 

 Mauor-place, WuLorlh. 



For the MoalkUi Magazine. 

 OBSERVATIONS }ihic/k during a tour 



through the UNITED STATES of' AME- 

 RICA. — XO. XIM. 



BEFURK I attempt a defcription of 

 the county of Trumbull, fome pre- 

 liminary obtervutions feein neciffary, 

 in order to enable your rc.idcrs tn iculer- 

 fl^md the circumftanccs which till now 

 have prevented its population. In the 

 year 16C'2, Charles 'II., utterly ignorant 

 of the extent or value of tlie grant, 

 ceded by chuiter to the then province of 



C'onnefticut all that extent of country 

 which lies between the 4 lit and 42d de- 

 grees of north latitude,and extending from 

 the Atlantic to the South Sea. This 

 giant, however, interfered with claims 

 ad\auced by New York and Pennfyl- 

 vania, in confequence of other roysJ 

 grants made with equal wifdom. Otlier 

 Itates had fnnilar demands on immcnfc 

 territories in VVellern America ; and 

 much diihculty arole, even before the 

 feparation of the colonies from Britain, 

 therefrom. This fubject early required 

 the attention of the general government 

 of tile United States, it being conceived 

 holtile to the interelts of that govern- 

 ment, tliat individual llatcs lliould poi- 

 fels luch immenle territories; and tinj 

 fiates, one by one, furrendered the right 

 of jurifdiftion and foil over Welterii 

 America, for the benefit of the United 

 States. 



A dillrift of this weftern country, 

 liowever, called the Connetticut Ile- 

 ferve, which extended from tbe borders 

 of Pennlylvania, throa^h the 11 It degree 

 of north latitude, to the livcr .Saiidulki, 

 having been appropriated for purpofes 

 hereal'ter to be mentioned, by the flatc 

 of Connecticut, was not ceded to the 

 United Slates, with whom were now 

 veiled the original claims of Pennfylva- 

 nia and New York : fo that the rights of 

 jurii'diction and foil wcie litigated by the 

 United States for the benelit of the 

 citizens thereof; and by tlie flate of 

 Connecticut for tiiole who held claims 

 uuiler her. The whole llefcrve contains 

 about 3,oOO,000 acres. Of this terri- 

 tory, with an honourable liberality, I 

 believe, in no infiance adopted by any 

 other llate, Connecticut approjirialed 

 that portion of it which is bounded 

 on the well; by the river Saudulki, and 

 on the ealt by the Cayahoga, conlilting 

 of about 500,000 acres, for remunerat- 

 ing the lolfes fuftaincd by her citizens, 

 in confequencc of the cruel inroad into 

 her dominions made by the traitor Ar- 

 nold. The injuries done to her citizens 

 were firll eltimated, and for e\ery d(jllar 

 of lofs one acre of this land was given 

 by I he Ihite to the fulferer. 



" [n the year 1794, the Connccticiit 

 Land Company purchafed of tholtate the 

 remaining part of this territory; viz. 

 that which lies between Pennlylvania on 

 the call, and tlie Cayahoga river on the 

 well. For this tract of country they 

 paid to the llate 900,000 dollars, and^ 

 afterwards formed it into the county of 

 TiuiubuU. Before this country coiil^ 

 become 



