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quicksilver, the tears, sebaceous matter, and mucus, did not pass through the 

 nasal duct, or, but in a very small proportion to the quantity secreted; that at 

 the first experiment, quicksilver did not pass; but that quicksilver, tears, &c., 

 had since readily passed. Mr. B. could not, however, flatter himself that this 

 method would avail, except in the first or simple stage of the disorder; but many 

 cases have a favourable state for the trial in their early period, and that oppor- 

 tunity might be seized with a probability of success. The operation is simple, 

 easily executed, productive of but little pain, and attended with no kind of 

 danger. 



XIV. A Continuation of a Meteorological Diary, kept at Fort St. George, on 

 the Coast of Coromandel. By Mr. Win. Roxburgh, Assistant-Surgeon to the 

 Hospital at the said Fort. p. 246. 

 This is a meteorological register, mostly at 3 difterent hours in every day, 



from March I, 1777, till May31, 1778; viz. of the barometer, thermometers, 



the rain, the winds, and the weather; and a summary of the whole is contained 



in the following table, viz. 



A Table of the greatest, least, and mean Heights of the Barometer, and out-duorx 

 Thermmieter, in each Month, from March 1777 to May 1778. 



XF. A Journal of the Weather at Montreal. By Mr. Barr, Purveyor to his 



Majesty's Hospitals in Canada, p. 272. 



This is a journal of the thermometer, morning and evening, with the account 



of the snow, rain, winds, and remarks, from Dec. 1, 1778, till April 15, 1779. 



The highest rise of the thermometer was on the evening of April 1 5, when it 



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