1808.] 
did we feel it, that we generally slept with 
a blanket over us; a very rare occurrence 
within six deg res of the equator. 
As soon as it gets dark on this moun- 
tain, there arises on every side, a singular 
concert of birds and insects, w hich de- 
prived us of sleep for the first night or 
two. Far above the rest, the trumpeter 
(a-very curious imsect about an inch in 
length) saluted our ears regularly for a few 
hours after sun-set, with a sound so 
strong, that the first time I heard it, I 
actually thought a party of dragoons 
were approaching the Bungalows; nor 
could | be persuaded for some time, that 
such a dimiuutive creature could possibly 
possess organs capable of emitting sucha 
tremendous loud note. 
(To be continued. ) 
— 
through the UNITED STATES Of AME~ 
| respect to title, Dr. Tongue pro-= 
mote from the heats of the burning south, 
riments, but states, that the temperature 
situated), in Maryland, than to that of 
flower is gathered from the forest to adorn 
May, the changes from heat to cold, and 
whick so much hazard life in this region.’ 
by the middle of June garden peas are 
healthy.as itis a fine sandy and gravelly 
marshes,no staynated ponds, and as soon 
in grass, which, by affording a supply of 
the same pwallel of latitude westwardly, 
For the Monihly Magazine. 
OBSERVATIONS made during @ TOUR 
RICA.—NO, XX. 
AVING satisfied his readers with 
ceeds, 2dly, to the consideration of cli- 
mate, which he informs us is equally re- 
and the snowy regions of the frozen north, 
He, however, made no philosophic expe- 
of the air is nearer that of Cono- 
cocheague valley (in which Haggerstown is 
any other place with which he is acquaint- 
ed; he adds, ““On the Lake shore, the 
the parlour on Christmas-day, and the 
wild pea is in full blossom by the first of 
vice versu, are gradual, and man does not 
experence those sudden transitions, 
‘¢ Sirawberries are in profusion on the 
Lake shore by the middle of May, and 
fit for the table. On the south side of 
Lake Erie it cannot be otherwise than 
beach; without the sources from which 
impure ars are generated. There are no 
as tiniberis cut down, and two or three 
crops of grain taken, the land is laid down 
vital air conduces to health. It has 
been long acertained, that, proceeding on 
the climate secomes colder, in about the 
game ratio @ when you proceed storth- 
Dr. Tongue’s Account of the State of Ohio. 
545 
wardly. This continues to be the case 
until you reach the top of the Alleghany 
mountains, which is the highest land be- 
tween the Atlantic Ocean and the great 
western waters. Then descending in the 
same parallel of latitude, the change re- 
verses, and it is warmer there than in 
the same latitude on the sea side (See Mr. 
Jefferson’s Notes onVirginia, p. 125, Lon- 
don edit.). This is also proved bytheani- | 
mals and vegetables, which subsist and 
procreate there, that do not in the same 
latitude on the sea coast.” 
Healthisthe next consideration, which 
the Doctor asserts to depend nat “ on la- 
titudes but altitudes, purity of air, and wa- 
ter. Thelatitude of this country is thesame 
with that of Connecticut, the healthiest 
statein the Union, and this alone will 
satisfy those who believe health depen- 
dant on latitude. But for myself I do 
not believe the degrees of health are re- 
gulated by the degrees of latitude. Alti- 
tude, purity of air, and: sweetness and 
softness of water, appear to me to have a 
governing influence on health. Here the 
altitude is infinitely greater than in Ma- 
ryland. ‘The air is pure, mild, and se- 
rene, not influenced by the putrefaction 
of marshes, low lands, stagnant ponds, 
&c.; the water is soft, sweet, and pure, 
and almost invariably found within thir- 
teen feet of the surface. This theory of 
health is supported by facts, for no coun- 
try on earth was ever more healthy, as ex- 
perience fully proves. Of one hundred and 
fifty persons who moved from one town in 
Connecticut into this country in June, 
1800, and dispersed themselves in various 
parts of it, but one has died, and he pe- 
rished by the small pox, which he took 
in the natural way in Philadelphia. All 
the rest are healthy and active. This 
country has now upwards of 15,000 peo- 
ple, though on the first of June, 1800, it 
contained but sixty-seven families. Ex- 
perience sets all theories at defiance, and 
it has shewn this country to be the most 
healthy part of America. Yetit must be 
admitted, that fora mile or two from the 
places where the rivers discharge their wa- 
ters into the lake, autumnal fevers are 
known. 
“ This country abounds with a vast 
number of fine springs and small streams 
to be found on almost every mile by a 
halfmile, Its creeks and rivers are as fol- 
lows, viz, Conneaught ereek rises in Penn- 
sylvania, and discharges its waters into 
the lake, about three miles from the N. E, 
corney of the country. Pantooning creek 
rises 
