. The Columbian magazine : or, monthly miscellany. crown. In London, the rt. hon. Susannah ladyviscountess Fane, relict of Charles viscount Fane,of the kingdom of Ireland- Her ladyship actu-ally wrote, and superintended the press, whilethey were printu g, those anecdotes respectingherself which are introduced in the celebrated no-vel of Percgriue Pickle : and which, in beauty ofcomposition, are so far superior to the rest oj thatzvork. Dr. Sinollet received a very handsome re-ward for inserting them, hut had no share what~ever in prefjaring them for the puldic eye. Herlife afordcd a melancholy
. The Columbian magazine : or, monthly miscellany. crown. In London, the rt. hon. Susannah ladyviscountess Fane, relict of Charles viscount Fane,of the kingdom of Ireland- Her ladyship actu-ally wrote, and superintended the press, whilethey were printu g, those anecdotes respectingherself which are introduced in the celebrated no-vel of Percgriue Pickle : and which, in beauty ofcomposition, are so far superior to the rest oj thatzvork. Dr. Sinollet received a very handsome re-ward for inserting them, hut had no share what~ever in prefjaring them for the puldic eye. Herlife afordcd a melancholy instance of the miseriesinseparable from a misapplication of superiortalents and elegant accomplishme?its. To thefate of this lady Johnson has a beautiful allusionin his Vanity oj human wishes ; Yet Fane could tell what ills from beauty spring, ^KflfSedlev cursd the form that pleasd a king: METEOROLOGICAL OBSEP. VATIONS, Made in the City of Charleston, Fehruary, 1780. FAHRENHEI ts THERMOMETER; Observed at PREVAILlNe W I » W E A T H E Jl. Cloudy, clear-Idem, Cloudy, small rain, ^ Cloudy, rain, cloudy, high , , Idem, high , cloudy, high Clear, cloudy, rain, , cloady Ram, thunder & lightning all mom-Rain, cloudy. (ing;cloudy, rain, cloudv- Cloudy, rain, thunder «Sc lightning allThunder, lightning and rain. (, N fc (at which time It is coldest)th^ extremes are added togetheran<ot all the observations^ divided an Is exempt from that ^<z;//„ox surface, and gives the truesthe i^hen Reaumurs thermometerpF on Fahrenheits scale : it isi„dence between them, in ordert(^e atmosphere, rises and fallsb^ich ought to be distinguished,tl ^f 12 wdes, the inch into t^veheIt} ^^^ barometer being 29 inches^rrom the point of congelationt, there is too great an agree-j^-ved, the one
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