[ 49 * ] 
IV. Extratfs of Two Letten from c Dr. John 
Lining, Thyfician atC harles-Town tn South 
Carolina, to James Jurin, NL, JJ- • 
givim an Account of Statical Experiments 
made fever al times in a Day upon himfelf 
for one whole Tear , accompanied. With Me- 
teorological Obfervations 5 to which are fub- 
joined Six General Tables, deduced from the 
whole Tears Courfe . 
South- Carolina, Chaicles- 
$ I R 7 Town , Jan- 22. 1 7 4 -r* 
WMay .9. 'T’HAT candid and generous Prin- 
1743. I ciple which fo univerfally poftciks 
the Breads of all true Friends to phyfical Literature, 
difpofin^ them to give Affidance and Advice even 
to fuch of the Illiterati who (hew a D.fpofit.on of 
Inquiry after Truth ; and that eminent Chatader you 
fo iuftly bear in the Learned World; were fafficient 
Arguments with me, to lay before you, as a Spe- 
cimen one of my tfeteoro-Statical Tables : The 
Favour of your Opinion of the Method I have ooferved, 
will be mod acceptable. , . , M , 
I began thefe Experiments the Fird of ad Match, 
and have continued them ever fincc, with the Lofs 
only of a few Days; and propofe to continue them 
till the Year is finifhed, afterwards (hall make them 
a few Days in every Month, and as condantly as 
poflible in epidemic Seafons. 
S f f a What 
