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not lone ago produced fome effects ; but 
unhappily our waites are ftill in their 
defolate condition. Upon cultivation de- 
pends (in my opinion, ina very high de- 
gree) power, wealth, and national influ-~ 
ence---I hope that fomething will te ef- 
feted. Some degrees of wildnefS and- 
imprudence had better far be the conte- 
quence, than to continue for another cen- 
tury fleeping, and dully fluggardized .in 
that difmal terpor wnich cah never pro- 
duce ought that is valuable. In a weal- 
thy, refined, and polithed age, aéfivity 
ought to be the charatteriftic of the na- 
tion.---Animated endeavours are an ho- 
nour to any age---Sleep, therefore, no 
more oyer your moors, your downs, and 
forefts ; but exert the fame fpirit of im- 
provement, oh, ye great! which every 
other branch of political economy enjoys 
in fo difinguifbed a degree.---This is the 
hearty with of a man, who remains, dear 
fir, ’ Your fincere well-wither, 
Fat. 30, 1758. A LIVERPOOLIAN. 

For ihe Mouthl) Magazine. 
SIATISTICAL PAPER: 
Tranflatien of Economical and Political 
_ Quefiions, by the Citizen VOLNEY. 
SECT. i. 
Phyfical State of a Country. 
ART. 1. GEOGRAPHICAL SITUATION. 
i. What is the latitude of the country? 
2, longitude? i 
3. What are its limits? 
4 miles does its 
ART. Ii. CLIMATE; or the STATE of the 
HEAVENS. 
5. What is the ftate of the mercury 
in Reaumur’s thermometer during each 
month? ue 
(ST Meeabis ears suaapep variation in the fame 
day, at morning and nocn? 
7. What is the height of the quick- 
filver in the barometer during each 
month ? 
8. What are the createft variations ? 
9. What are the prevailing winds 
during each month? 
io. Are they general or variable? 
rr. Are there fixed periods for their 
duration and return? & 
12. Are there. periodical land and fea 
winds? ‘and what is their traét? ' 
13. In what dire€tion are the winds 
fir felt---on the quarter whence they 
come, or in that to which they blow *? 

‘s It has been remarked, that in land winds, 
(events we terre) the fails which are fir 
i 
Volney’s Statiftical Queries. 
regretted, that a more active conduét has © 
14. What are the qualities of each 
wind? are they dry or rainy ; warm or 
cold; violent or moderate? 
tT5. In what month does mof rain’ 
fall > 
16. How mary inches. fall in a year? 
17. Ave there any fogs? and at what 
feafon ? 
78. Are there any dews? where and 
when, and at what time arethey greateft? 
19. Do the fhowers fall gently, or are 
they fevere? 
20. Are there any fhows, and how 
long do they endure? 
2:. Are there any hail-ftorms, and 
at what feafon? 
.22, What winds bring fnow and hail 
along with them? 
23. Is there any thunder? when, and 
what wind reigns at that period ? 
24. In what direction is it ufually 
diffipated ? an ! 
25. Are there any hurricanes? what 
wind prevails antecedently? 
26. Any earthquakes? at what fea- 
- fon? what are the prefages? do they 
fucceed rains ? 
27. Are there any tides ? what height 
do they reach? what winds accompany 
them? 
28. Are there any phexomena peculiar 
to the country ? 
29. Has the climate experienced any 
nown changes? and what? 
30. Has the fea rifen or fallen? te 
what extent ? and when? 
ART. III. STATE of the SOIL. 
31. Does the country confift of plains 
or mountains? and what is their eleva— 
tion above the level of the fea? 
32. is the land covered with trees. and 
forefts, or is it naked and uncloathed ? 
33. What arethe marfhes, lakes, and 
rivers ? ; 
24. Is it poffible to calculate the num- 
ber of fquare leagues in mountains, 
marfhes, lakes, and rivers? 
35. Are there any volcanoes? and: are 
they burning or extinguifhed? 
36. Are there any coal-mines ? 
ART. IV. NATURAL PRODUCTS. _ 
37. What is the quality of the foil? 
is it argillaceous, calcareous, ftoney, 
fandy, &c.? 

filled are thofe neareft the fhore, or in other 
words, neareft the winds. Jt would feem 
then that the fame law ought to prevail in 
the fea breezes (/a bife de mer) but itis others 
wife, for the former rule takes place there 
alfo. It would be defirable to know, what 
particular winds produce thefe different efs 
fects, 
