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REMARKABLE EFFECTS OF SOL-LUNAR 



CORRESPONDENTS. 



Poctor G. BoyH, Head Surgeon, 

 Doctor James Hare, Assistant Sur- 

 geon, 



Major DicksoD, 



The information sent to me by those gentlemen, 

 was all of it received in the space of a few months, 

 in consequence of a circular letter, requesting ob- 

 servations on this subject, and on any side of the 

 question, from those who might be inclined to 

 give it. Several of those gentlemen I had never 

 seen in my life ; and with many I had the honor 

 only of a slight acquaintance. Had I continued 

 longer to collect testimonies, I am confident, that 

 notwithstanding the diffidence and reluctance with 

 which people commit themselves upon a topic of 

 this kind, that I might have obtained in direct 

 proof of sol-lunar influence, a much larger body of 

 evidence than is to be found in any single record 

 in direct proof of the tides of the sea. 



The order for printing and circulating my trea- 

 tise on sol-lunar influence, along with my corres- 

 pondence on this subject, at the expense of go- 

 vernment, is contained in the following letter. 



To Doctor FRANCIS BALFOUR. 



PUB. DEPt. 



Sill, 

 The Governor General being always disposed to 

 encourage the servants of the Company, in in- 

 stances of publications that promote science, or 

 are calculated to do a general service, direct* 



