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in the afternoon. One lasted all day, and the remaining seven were 
in the morning. The direction of twelve is given. Two came from 
the south, three from the eastern, and seven from the western quarter. 
Dr. Young, giving the substance of a lecture by Longford, in the 
Philosophical Transactions of 1698, on the hurricanes of the West 
Indies, remarks from it, that, “all hurricanes begin between north 
and west. Their course is generally opposite to that of the trade 
winds. Tornados come from several points.” Formerly their diurnal 
rains came on with such regularity, that it was usual, in forming par¬ 
ties of pleasure, to arrange whether they should take place before or 
after the storm. In an excursion made from Villi Rica to Labara, 
violent thunder storms were experienced almost daily; and the way 
these storms commenced, was singular. The sky was perfectly clear 
until about two or three o’clock, when some light white clouds were 
seen approximating the sun with great rapidity. Sometimes they all 
passed, but if one lingered, as if within its influence, thunder was 
heard, and in a few minutes no remains of a blue sky were visible. 
The storm commenced directly; when commencing in the direction 
of the sun at two or three o’clock, these storms begin in the west. 
Article XI.—COLLECTIONS AND RECOLLECTIONS. 
New Garden Seat.—I have sent you the drawing of a garden 
seat, Fig. 60, which I de- ! 60 
signed and got executed; it 
has a very good effect either 
upon a grass-plot or under a 
tree. This seat is supported 
by three or more large leaves, 
according to the taste of the 
proprietor, and the back is 
formed of a similar number. 
A shield may be placed in 
the centre one at («) upon 
which the initials of the 
owner might be engraved. 
The whole is formed of hard 
wood, at. but little expense. 
M. Saul. 
Having observed that you 
sometimes insert extracts 
from old books, upon practi¬ 
cal subjects, I send you a few 
