CONTENTS 



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X. Meteorological Observations made at Montreal, Canada,- 

 North America. 



XI. Discoveries made in the Western Com\try. By Gen- 

 eral Parsons. 



XII. Barometrical Ohservations and RemarJcs, 'made- during 



a Tour to LaJce Champlain. By James Winthrop, 



Esq. F. A. A. 



Xm. A Talle 



Page, 



113 



119 



127 



the J? rol) ability 



the Duration, 



the Decrement, mid the Expectation of Life, in the States 



Massachusetts and Netv-Hampshire. By Edward 



WiGGLESWORTH, D. D. F. A. A. 



a Curious , and Singular Appearance 



XIY. An Account 



of the Aurora Borealis on the 21 th of March, 1781. 

 Caleb Gannett, Esq. 



Bu 



F. A. A. 



Ligldning, 



"XM .. Letter on the Darkness in Cojnada, in October 1785. 

 Frmi the Hon. "William Heath, Esq. f. a. a. 



XVI. Observations on Trees, as Conductors 



By Mr. Hugh Maxwell. 

 XVH, Experiments in Electricity. By Mr. John Yinall. 

 XVHI. Observations on the Effects of LigJd on Vegetation. 



By the Hon. Jaiies \Yarren, Esq. f. a. a. 

 XIX. A Letter concerning Gay Head. From the Ra\ 



Sajiuel West, d. d. f. a. a. 



Gay Head. By the Hon. William 



XX. Descnptkni 

 Baylies, Esq. f. a. a. 



XXI. lAst of Forest and other Trees, JSf. W. 

 Ohio. By Winthrop Sargent, Esq. 



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136 



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156 



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XXII. Account 



a Skeleton 



a Large Animal, found 



near Hudson's River. By the Rev. Robert Annan. 



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