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the commons. In the river Lon or Lune, 
which has its fife here, and in the rivulet 
that runs through the parifh, are very 
good trouts. Ina tarn alfo, at the head 
of the village of Ravenftonedale, are trouts 
and a great number of eels. The wild 
quadcupeds here are foxes, otters, hares, 
wild cats, pole-cats, ermines and weafels. 
The birds are partridges, plovers, wild 
ducks, teals, {nipes, and a great number 
of moor game. Of migratory birds there 
are the cuckow, the goatfucker, the fwift, 
the houfe and window {wallow, the fand 
martin or river fwallow, the curlew, the 
lapwing, the tewit, and the fandpiper. 
There is alfo great plenty of the rarer 
{pecies of birds, as the land and water rail. 
the miffel thrufh, the goldfinch and bul- 
finch, the willow-wren, the redftart, the 
fiy-catcher ; with the dun, the grey, and 
the barn owls. : 
The cuckoo ufually appears here about 
the 20th of April, and departs about the 
sth of July ; the houfe and. window-{wal- 
lows about the 20th of April, and depart 
from the 4th to the 3cth of September ; 
the fand-martin from the 15th to the 31ft 
of March, and departs about the rit. of Sep 
tember ; the curlew and lapwing about the 
middle of March and depart about the mid- 
dleof Auguft ; the fwift and goacfucker ar- 
riveat the commencement of continued day- 
Jight, which is about the 9th of May, and 
depart at the end of it, which is about 
the 2d of Auguft; the fandpiper vilits 
and ftays through the whole of the breed- 
ing feafon; and the tewit is often found 
here in winter, when the weather is mild. 
On the top of Wildboar-fell, the high- 
eft mountain in the parifh, and perhaps 
not much inferior to any in the county, 
is frequently a very remarkable phenome- 
non, called a helm-wind, which probably 
nowhere exifis in the kingdom, but in the 
north-eaft part of Weftmoreland, and on 
the confines of the counties of Yorkfhire 
and Lancafhire. A rolling cloud, for 
three or four days inceffantly floats on 
the fummit of this mountain,’ when the 
fky is clear in every other part. This 
cloui is calicd by the country people the 
beim, which is faid to be an Anglo- 
Saxon word, fisnifying 2 covering for the 
head, and from whence comes the dimi- 
nutive helmet. This helm is not difperf- 
ed or blown away by the wind, but re- 
mains in its ftation, although a violent 
and roaring hurricane iffues with incredi- 
ble fury. down the fides of the mountain, 
and threatens to deftroy all before it. On 
a fudden enfues a profound calm; and 
Correéted Statement of the National Debt. 
[ Sept. t 9 
then again alternately the tempeft ; which 
feldom extends into the country, more than 
a mile or two from the foot of the moun- ° 
tain. ' ’ ‘ 
——— 
To the Editor cf the Monzhly Magazine. 
SERS joi : 
N your Number, publifhed laft month, 
T obferve a detailed account of the Na- 
tional Debt, and a terrifying view of our 
Financial Situation. If I can make it ap- 
-pear to the writer, who has fubfcribed 
himfelf M.N. that, through hafte, or in- 
advertence, he has failen into any miftake, 
I venture to prefume that he will hold him-~ 
felf under an obligation to me; but this ~ 
is far from being my ftrongeft motive for 
requefting you to infert this letter in your 
valuable Repofitory. I fhall endeavour to 
fupply the public with a more correé 
tatement of its prefent debt, than has ap- 
peared in any former publication. Should 
J fail in the undertaking; you will find 
me, Sir, moft willing to acknowledge, and 
rectify my error. 
“‘ It is to be obferved (fays M. N.) 
that° the ftock charged upon the mcome- 
tax, and the Imperial-loan, which are pro- 
perly included in Mr. Tierney’s and Mr. 
Morgan’s ftatements,, has, in.this very 
concife account (Mr. Addington’s) been 
entirely omitted.’’ But a reference to the 
refolutions fubmitted to the Houfe of Com- 
mons, will clearly fhew, that Mr. Tierney, 
as well as Mr. Addington, dedu&ts the 
advances to the Emperor. Mr. Tierney 
ftates (as M.N. has juftly obferved) ‘* that 
the total amount of the public funded 
-debt was, on the 1ft of February, 1801, 
484,365,464. of which fum 27,211,3831.* 
is on account of Ireland and the Empe- 
ror of Germany;”? but what are the re- 
maining words of the refolution? They 
are, as follows—‘* leaving a funded debt 
charged upon GreatBritain of 4.5751 54,0811. 
including 56,445,o00l. the intereft of 
which is to be defrayed, and the capital 
redecmed, by the\tax on income.”” 
484,365,464. | 
2752113;3831. to be deduéted on account 
of Ireland, and the Eme« 
——— peror of Germany. 
4.575% 54,0811. 
Cn 
* 7,502,6331. Three per cent. ftock created 
by advances to the Em- 
eror. . 
19,708,7501. Capital ftock on account of 
ireland. 
bi BoA Oecd Ae 
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