of Meteorological Obfervations. ‘265 
REMARKS, 
From the foregoing tables it appears; that the fam- 
mer months aré not only much» hotter about Lont 
don than at Lancafter; but that the {pring is confi- . 
derably -earlier: the mean heat of the month of 
March at 2 o’clock in the afternoon in Pall Mall, be- 
ing, from the obfervations of Dr. Heberden, 50", 
whilft with us, the méan heat of thé fame month, at 
the fame hour, is only 414. : 
The excefs of heat about London in the fummer 
months, proceeds a3 much from having lefs rain, as 
from a more verticle fur; and accounts for the ri pen- 
ing of fruit fooner there; and in greater perfection 
than with us. Were our atmofphere lefs loaded with 
moifture, the heat at Lancafter would be amply fufhi- 
cient for the purpofe; as the thermometer placed in 
the fhade with a northern afpect, frequently ftands in 
fine fummer days, at from’ 70 to 80°. But the great 
quantity of rain which generally falls during the 
months of July, Augutt, and September, chills the 
air, and occafions our ffuit (efpecially peaches 
Lik -, and 
* Fell-Foot (mentioned in the preceding pagé) lies at 
the fouth end of Winandermere, where the lake contraéts 
into a river; the acclivities of the’ inclofing hills are 
teep, but more fo on the eaft fide, 
