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XIV. A correct Statement of the Temperature of the Interior of 
the Island of Cape Breton, taken at nine a.m. in the external 
Air ina S.S.E. Inclination, from Dec. 5, 1813, to April 24, 
1814. 
1813 1814. 
Dec. 5 48°} Jan. 1 22°| Feb, 1. 8°jMarch 1 38°|April 1 47° 
6 50 2 46 2 Al 2 25 m 2 49 
7 60 c3 26 e3 45 3 24 8 43 
8 50 4 16 A 13 4 20 4 45 
9 42 5 15 Do. 12 5 21 5 35 
10 44 6 ll 6 27 6 30 6 Al 
11 42 7 18 Tv 20 Tt 320 7 39 
12 43 8 28 8 24 8 42 8 34 
13 58 DU f9 16 9 26 9 28 
14 56 10 18 § 10 30 10 38 10 55 
15 50 ll 32 k ll 30 M1) 25 1 _5I 
16 46 12 50 zt 12 24 12 34 12 Al 
17 48 13 30 13 25 13 36 13 38 
a 518 50 14 29 14 16 14 20 14 35 
S19 54 d15 31 15 25 15. 19 15 40 
20 21 16 3 16 30 k16 34 nl6 54 
21 22 VS? shies 17 31 17 20 lq, 51 
22 93 18 40 18 30 18 19 18 AT 
23 30 19°39 19 32 19 28 19 34 
24 38 20 37 20 40 20 34 20 37 
25 4 21 31 21 43 21 18 21 38 
26. 6 22 28 22 23 22 13 22 39 
27 10 23 «14 23 20 23 30 23 40 
28 12 - 24 24 24 26 24 28 24 32 
29 40 25 40 25 AO 25 22 
630 50 26 34 26 25 26% 24 
31 24 27 23 27° 23 27° 27 
28 31 28 20 -28 33 
29 36 29 26 29. 20 
30 16 30 40 
31 * 23 731 48 
a 25inches snow on the ground. 
6 Much rain, 
e Much snow and wind. 
d This day I caught 51 eels. 
e Grievous thaws; cellars full of water, 
f Atnine, p. m. the therm, stood 2° below zero. 
g At five, a.m. 479, 
h Grievous thaw ; much snow. 
i Much wind. 
k Very heavy rain. 
l Fair. 
m Sowed some seeds. 
n Heavy rain. 
XV. New Mode of administering Medical Electricity. 
By Mr. Gill. 
(To Dr. Thomson.) 
No. 11, Covent Garden Chambers, 
SIR, Feb. 20, 1819. 
The following extract of a letter from a gentleman at New 
York to a friend of mine here, and who has kindly permitted me 
