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the better correfpond with our Obfervations. He 
gives a very accurate Account of the Phenomena of 
ieverai Northern Lights in the Ends of the Years 1731 
and 1733, and Beginning of the Year 173 4.. His 
Diaries alfo contain fome few Agronomical Obferva- 
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tions, and extraordinary Occurrences. 
Captain Chriftopher Middletons Journal of his 
Voyage to HudJ'on s-Bay is publilhed already in 
\ Philojophical Tran factions , N° 41 8. The Naples Di- 
ary by Dr. Cyrillus ends in the Year 1732, and alfo 
that from New- Engl and by Mr. 'Dudley. 
For the Year 1734, that from Dr. Pack y at Canter - 
buryy exhibits in one View, by a Table for every 
Month of the Year, in the Firft Column, the Quantity 
of Rain, and the Evaporation: In the Second, Third 
and Fourth, the greateft and lead and middle Heights 
of the Barometer, Thermometer, and Hygrometer : In 
the Fifth, the Meteors, by Variety of Marks, which 
he gives an Explanation of : In the Sixth, the Dire&ion 
and Strength of the Winds. He gives alfo a Defcription 
of the Inftruments he invented, and made ufe of, for 
Obfervation of the Quantity of Rain and Evaporation, 
and the Hygrometer, with a Draught of each. For 
the Month of 'January , there is a particular Table, 
containing great Variety of Obfervations for every 
Day of that Month. The Thermometer is peculiar 
to himfelf, as far as I know ; and he gives no Rule to 
reduce it to the Standard. There is a Letter of his, 
relating to a Chart of the Levels of Kent , which, he 
thinks, are fo contrived as to caufe a Circulation of Air 
from the Sea, which is of great Ufe. Mr. Forth' s 
Diary, at large, from ‘Darlington , begins in the Year 
17375 hut he has given an Abftraft for the Three 
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