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eyes, often announced, to his relations 
and his friends, his warmth of attachment 
and eagernefs to oblige; and fmall, indeed, 
is the pumber of thofe, whom difeafe has cut 
down fo early in the fpring of life, who will 
be remembered with equal tendernefs by an 
equally large portion of their acquaintance. 
But his,excellences did not generate fupine- 
nefs. Moral improvement was with him an 
objec of ferious and not an unfrequent medi- 
tation ; and he had, in fat, within the lafttwo 
years, made perceptible progrefs in the cul- 
tivation of feveral virtues. 
The nature alfo of his amufements, or the 
manner in which he entered inte them, indi- 
cated the bright or the amiable qualities of 
his mind; and, when viewed in connexion 
with his folid acquifitions, juftified the con- 
clufion, that he exhibited the probable pre- 
fages, and inherited the genuine ftamina, of 
future greatnefs. Among the methods-of 
relaxation, which his own inclination pointed 
out, were mifcelaneous reading and rational 
eonverfation: in the former, his choice of 
hooks; in the latter, the queftions he pro- 
pofed, the anecdotes he related, the argu- 
ments he urged, evinced his unutual ripenefs 
of intellect and verfatility of talents. Pof- 
fefled of a weil-difciplined eye, and a fteady 
band, he was fingulariy dexterous in the ufe 
of a refra€ting telefcope; and, being ac- 
quainted with the fituation of a number of 
the conftellations and of many fingle ftars, he 
pointed to them with an admirable degree. of 
celerity. Having melted pieces of glais, he 
endeavoured to poliin them, that Ey might 
Tater efting Account of Thomas Garratt. 
ferve az lenfes; and he formed an hyereme= et oy 
ter. ‘The pen, the pencil, the chefs-toard, 
and the tools of the carpenter, were by” him 
regatded equally as the inftruments of amufe= 
ment; and the atlas and the globe, the baro< 
meter and the thermometer; each, in its turn, 
fupplied him with entertainment! In the 
drawings which he executed, foinebivlest ina 
finifhed ftyle, and fometimes with more than 
ordinary rapidity, tafte and genius were difs 
coverable, nor did he tread in only one or 
two walks of the art: in the dificult game 
of chefs, though oppofed by various compe= 
titors, at by fome of long experience and 
tried fkill, he was rarely conquered : : and his 
hand- GER TAE in eafe, in decition of chara€ter,. 
in exquifite beauty, was furpaffed by very: 
few men of the moft acknowledged eminence 
in penmanfhip. But his fedentary or domeftic 
amufements, no more than his ftudies, were 
permitted toimpair the ftoutnefsof his limbs,‘ 
the clearnefs of his complexion, or the crim- 
fon colour of his cheeks. Of gardening he 
was peculiarly. fond. Careiefs of fatigue, 
and patient of heat and cold, he fpent much 
time in the open air, difcovering, in its re- 
creations, an uncommon fhare of animation 
and activity, of courage and'a {pirit of enter-' 
prize; and, when he was merely walking, 
his tate was particularly difplayed im his 
remarks on the piturefque objeéts and the 
glowing tints of the diftant landfeape, and his 
vigilant —,* was particularly excited by 
the diverfities of the infedt-tribe, and by the 
varied produ€tions of the vegetable world. 

To THE Epitror oF THE Me ee 
str *, 
HES Salar Spot 
obferved) fince I firft faw it, 
T again viewed iton the zcth, 
It remains very round, Godlee 
appearing about the 12th or 13th of April. 
* This letter 3 reached us too late to appear is its 

MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 
LAGAZINE. , 
Boston, Mud. 98. 
has been feen by me again, in its fourth revolution (three of Which I have 
the rit of December. 
and apprehend it will be off the Fith the aie 
and well defined. 
I think there is little doubt of its -re- 
C. Lorr. 
proper: place. 

THE bufinefs of Agriculture has gone on w ay unufual rapidity during the whole of the 
prefent month; con sfequently mich grain ha 
fouthern diftricts. 
for the operations of the farmer. 
tpects, 
fhowers occafionally intervened. 
been fown, efpecially in the midiand and 
In the northern counties Ee weather has not been quite fo favourable 
The frofty nights and eafterly winds have, ia fo 
een injurious, though not fo much foas would have been the cafe, had Hide pedtle 
But even in thefe parts of the kingdom, the fowing of oats 
and barley has commenced on the dry and warm foils. 
re- 
Mot of our reporters particularly 
notice the promifing appearances of the wheat crop. 
Grain feems onthe whole to bea little on the rife. 
Of wheat, the average of England 
and Wales is sos. 1d. per quarter.—-Of barley, it it.is 26s. 11d.—And of oats, 17s, though 
not fo muchin the northern as the fouthern counties. 
Catrie. The prices of thefe have alfo advanced, efpecially of fuch as are in condition. 
Beef averages in Smithfield Market from 3s. to 4s, per ftone of $lb. and mutton, from 
35. 4d. to As. 6d. 
Hay fetches in St. James’s 
farket from 4cs. to 46s. 
and Straw from 22s. 6d. to 27s. 

To eR a ee 
the Pofi-Office. 
the Month. 
Many Letters, of which the p oflages are not paid, aré returned (0 
Our Agricultural Reporters are requefied to tranfmit their favours about the 24ff of - 
Several valuable comutmunications .are deferred, an uncommon prefs of matter compels 
us to crave the indulgence of many eftcemcd Corre/pon deuts. 
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