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Title: The Columbian magazine : or, monthly miscellany
Year: 1789 (1780s)
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Publisher: Philadelphia : T. Seddon, W. Spotswood, C. Cist & J. Trenchard
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
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rtained; and observationsmust determine the heights of the quicksilver, which in each place denote fair and foulweather. In all places nearly on a level with the sea, rain may be expected when the quick-silver falls below thirty inches. This points out one cause of the more frequent rains inJ>fty situations, than in low champaign countries. Thus, double the quantity of rainlalls at Townlcy-hall in Lancashire, that does at London. Very heavy iliiHidcr-stoims happen, without sensibly affecting the barometer; andiji this case, the storm seldom reaches far. When a thunder-storm is attended with afall of the barometer, its efiect is much more extensive. And here I must mention anfibservation which I have often seen verified, viz. that when the quicksilver tails very low,the weather continuing mild and the wind moderate, a violent storm happens at thattime in some distant place: this acGOuntg for a false prognostic that the barometer hasVreen unjustiy charged with. ? . ~3W^^^^ !:;\!^IICT
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-r- On the Duties of a Physichm. 163 ing scene beforex us;—we wishthe plate could have containedthe whole of it. Luxuriant mea-dows, of the most lively verdure,meet the eye in every direction ;while grazing cattle, bending or-cliards, and the neat and comfort-able dwellings of the farmers,bespeak ease w^ith plenty, and offeran hospitable reception to thetraveller. The whole is bounded,like most other views in thisstate, by a range of mountains, atno great distance, but of a roundand easy swell: these are cover-ed with trees which supply theinhabitants with fuel and timber;and here they have a variety ofgame in season. The roads, in general, are pret-ty good here, the inhabitants be-ing careful to smooth the rugged* ops of such hills as happen to crossthem. The town of Canaan is small,and formed of very neat build-ings, in detached situations; thecountry immediately surrounding it is extremely fertile andpleasant, having an agreeablemixture of gentle risings and wellwatered meadows.

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