1796.] 
<¢ Was erected, 
«¢ By the cheerful contribution of the whole 
_ §© Regiment, 
6¢ As a pleafing remembrance 
“© of his Worth, 
6 and 
6 A grateful confolation to his furviving 
*¢ Relatives. : 
*¢ Hear Heav’n! nor chide pale Sorrow’s figh; 
** Behold the anguith’d beads in Pity’s eye !— 
«* Affection bend, and kifs the afflicting rod ; 
«¢ "Wail poor Green’s fate and blefs the world’s 
*« great God!” 
I could not read this Epitaph, without 
a mixture of pleafure and regret; and 
was for a moment tempted to with, that 
accnvent of Bernardines had been near 
the {pot where this unfortunate youth 
perifhed? The language may be faid to 
come more from the heart than the head; 
but let no faftidious critic treat it with 
difdain, while it ftands a confpicuous 
teftimony of the generous feelings of a 
whole regiment of gallant foldiers (each 
contributing his mite to perpetuate them) 
upon the lofs of a comrade who feems 
to have poffeffed, as no doubt he de- 
ferved, the efteem of all with whom he 
had affociated in life. Unqueftionably, 
no praife is of fo much value, as that 
which is thus beftowed. One is half in- 
clined to with, that the honeft fellow who 
is departed, could partake of it; but let 
us content ourielves with the affurance, 
that it has a ftrong tendency to induce 
all his furviving companions, and even 
thofe who never. had the pleafure. of 
knowing him, to walk through life in 
fuch a manner, as to deferve to be fa 
praifed at the endiof it! Of thefe kind 
of infcriptions the poet fays truly (not 
ludicroufly, as fome have contumeliouily 
imagined) that they 
** Teach the ruftic moralift to die ;” 
which involves a no lefs valuable know- 
ledge—that of leading.agood andvirtuous 
life! Ye oftentatious great, whofe tombs 
are embellifhed with all the elegancies of 
fculpture and infcribed with fulfome 
adulation, in language that defies the 
critic’s rod! what would you give for 
2 portion of pofthumous fame, as fincere 
and unfophifticated, as that which graces 
the humble grave of Pé:lip Green ? 
February, 1796. 

To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
PPE following regifter, for eight fuc- 
-  ceffive years, of the quantity of 
gain that fell at Bombay, will, I iruft, 
Regifter of Rain at Bombay. 
99 
prove an acceptable article in your 

Mifcellany. 
1780. é Inches, 
From July 4, toAug.4, = - 20,4 
Aug. 5, to Sept. 7, = - 1754 
Sept. 8, to Oct. 14, - - 15,6 
5354 
1781. 
From June 14, to July2, - - 23,3 
July 3, to Aug. ro, - = 8,7 
Aug. I1, to Sept.3, - - 245% 
Sept. 4, O&: 14, - - 14,4 
7455 

1782. 
From May 28, to May 31, - - 2,2 

Janet, tonjuly 2500 ab Beg 
July 3, toAug.g, - 29,0 
Aug. 10, to 31, Sy BG 
Sept: ¥5 to. OC. 55° - =. 6,7 
51,8 
1783, Sa 
From June 1, to July3, - - 25,7 
July 4, to Aug. 7, - - 30,3 
Aug) Bs) to 91, - - yi) 4 
Sept. 1, toOdt.4, - + 959 
7339 
1784. ee 
From June 6, to 30, - a 8,2 
july, = - c 934 
Auguft, - - = 1737 
sept. to, OF G5? = = aie 
4735 
1785. a 
From May 29, to 31, °= = (= 8,5 
une, - - ~ - 9,0 
July, = bf ms 2593 
Auguft, - = ~ 1353 
September, - * 1455 
October 27, = - 256 
7052 
1786. — 
From June 12, to30, = oe 26,9 
July, - - ~ 25,6 
Auguft, - - - 10,E 
September, - ts 10,4 
October 12, = < 1,9. 
74:9 
1787. \ 
From June 11, to 26; = - . 12,2 
June 27, to July 31, - 32,9 
Augutft, - - ~ 1555 
September, - = 933 
~ Ottober 12, = 0,5 
7°34 
General yearly average ~ - 63,96. 
From the foregoing a sftraét, it appears, 
that the rainy feafon commences abont 
Oz the 
