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35. In Captain Shortrede's scheme, the days will be found one divi- 

 sion to the left of the hundreds of O. S. which they begin, according 

 to Art. 23 and 16. The N. S. hundreds will be found over their proper 

 days, except the leap years of column/, which stand over Sunday in- 

 stead of Saturday, Art. 23, 16. 



36. It is essential to observe, that the scheme supposes the years 

 both of Old and New Style to begin on the 1st of January. 



I tested it with about a hundred dates taken from the " Cabinet Cyc." 

 "Chronology of History;" "Hume's History of England ;"" Bacon's 

 Letters," and some anticipated dates carried forward by myself, and 

 found the scheme to agree with all, except two. These were two from 

 Bacon, as follows : — 



1617. February 6th, Friday, Bacon, vol. 3d (Letters) page 361. 

 1620. March 8th, Thursday, do. do. 599. 



It subsequently occurred to me, that before the year 1752, the Ecclesi- 

 astical year began on the 25th of March, and consequently these years 

 1617 and 1620 should be read 1617-18 and 1620-21 ; because 6th Fe- 

 bruary and 8th March fall near the end of years 17 and 20 of the 

 old reckoning, and in the early parts of the years 18 and 21 of the 

 new reckoning. The scheme (O. S.) agrees with this reading. 



37. The dates from 3d to 13th September inclusive 1752, never 

 existed in the British Calendar, Art. 25th ; September the 2d was the day 

 immediately preceding the 14th. By reckoning backwards from 1814 

 I find that the 14th fell on Thursday, consequently the 2d fell on 

 "Wednesday. Old Style in the scheme points to Wednesday, but Sept. 

 2d, 1752, N. S. points to Saturday. This disagreement was expected. 

 Old Style is continuous, New Style carried back, is at fault between 

 the 2d and 14th September 1752. A paper in the Rambler, is dated 

 Saturday, March 14, 1752; therefore the 2d of September following 

 fell on Wednesday. A paper in the Adventurer is dated Tuesday, No- 

 vember 7, 1752; therefore the 14th of September preceding was Thurs" 

 day. The following dates agree with Old Style of the scheme, but not 

 with New Style. 



Tatler, Saturday, March 11, 1709-10 



Tuesday, February 28, 1709-10 



„ Thursday, March 2, 1709-10 



Guardian, Tuesday, March 24, 1712-13 



