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years. The year might more properly be-divided into eight months of
winter,, ajid fo u r ^ f fujnmer ; than-into any. theoretic arrangement,pagina
tin g .in the fouthern latitudes; W h ^ f is^c^lled the Spring) dawns in
April, eorntnonly, indeed-, a miM â^onth ; but-thè çaftern winds prevalent
in May, feem coinmiffiohed to ruin the efforts' o f reviving nature, and
deftrôy the promtfe- of« the ye&r. Jp h e, Jiâlÿ, \Aiiguft and September,
are ufually warm fummef months j but a night of-froft is notunknown,
Wdfi^fiYAuguft,‘andTonrdtimes à ’dAd' EaA wiiid will'blpw for three
day's- together ; n ’öf-oTFlate yèiris lïem m m é rs d n k h ô ^ 'd 'b f'à rm é tt^ o n -
ftant rain *. What the gardeners call blight, {efem« alfo moke;.common
ip England^than in a n y o th en reg io n j a p d whatever be the caufe, is
fréguenily yè^y dél^&Êtive,, especially to the.hop-plants and the fruit
tr.ees; T h e winter may b è ' faid to comnjepcè. with the 'beginning of
Oéiober, at .which time domefhc- fires become neceflaryV b,ut,J:here is
fejdom apy-, fevgrer froft till Ghrifttnaa, and January is the *0100; ftern
month o f the year. Yet,- as opr .fummetS) oftenprohdee -fpeciiîien.% of
winter, fo now and then.1 gleams o f tyarm fanJbiQgj-ifflfftipaLe th e
datkfiÇtiP^Qîbssïjlbôp^h rarely amoippiag to« what the „French call
»« été de-Si* M a rtin r ó t Martinmas fummer. March is .generally t-Jie
moft unfetded month o f the year, interfperfed wit-h d ry , froft, ecjld
.rains, and(ftpoag winds, with florins, of hail and fleetv ,,
A chief ftep. to the Audy of Geography,, coufifts in the knowlpdgip,of
what may be termed the phyfiognomy o f theicountry^.yef has no pfcpyince
in thijtfeiencç heilig fa eotppfetely ngglgâgd.- Wie have...even maps^of
Scotland and Switzerland, w ithout mountains, and maps o.f China w ithput
c an a ls,'T h e ^ ïie f features o f any-country are its hEBs^VjAg&and rivers;
and o f a, maritime ftate, the fea-coaft. Mr. Pennant, ip h lsA rA icZ ^ Io g y ,
has giyen an admirable : defcription öJF part of the Engjifth. i^ores, which]
fh a ljh e re hè abbreviated, with arr alteration i p the arrangement, as fie
choofes to begin with the Streights of Dover.
From- the mouth of the Tweed to • Bamboroiigh, extends a Tandy
fliore ; and the moft remarkable’ object is Lindesfar.d, or Holy Ilian cl,
divided from Northumberland b y à level, which is dry at low watef,
* The .unnincr o f 1800 wa’s remarkable for dry nefs and warmth, fcarcely- any rain falling
from the 6 th, o f June to the 20th o f A u guit, when a tihunder ftcynv fucceedcck
btft
C H AP. IV. : N A T U R A L GEO G R A P H Y.
b u t out of which the flowing tide oozes fuddehly, to the terror and
■peril of the unwary traveller. ■ From;. Bamboiough Cattle,. to F l am h o -
rough-head, are moftly low cliffs, o f limc-ftone, and- other materials ;
and at Sunderland o f ;‘a pe'culiar ftdn,e ufed in jbin;lding||:hnd which
Teems the .work o f marine infers.. 1 Scarborough hands b n 'a vaft ' rock,
projecting into the w av es ; but Flamb.prpUghr.head is a far jtROJKiroagpifibeing
s f o r m e d b o f t y ^ f f ® p w y > whTSlbf??!1211^
t h e
n p r |h j ^ y v^jg^vipg .\yide anftyfolfemn- adp^fflsn|; th||§ik%hih}pft exalted
i trip feth e'b o h ^ ^ f >tbhfffl|S)uh|^iih^h^g^her t gradual-'
y^ckuhneWlhglir; ith ed e ep hlciiu. o*f i{rfkc,%mels int^y-ppj^ff by
the Arihing^of fiwejUpgj.yjav^agajnft tbkjfides,
ffoduLtjhe l§hAi|i^MB#of''th& , t h i S I t W v
‘‘ djh^tjatepfi, aQojcd p J ^ f u r ^ ’sbh.jfeehgl^-I^Wh^h^^fuQh. »£prma|ipn§y,as
^ ||th is 'a lo fe r 'can ^ e jdW -^ ^A k sflfo are,',wpnt}ei'fi£K^_di^fiAe^i)" i*1-
.^ fpm e padtklhe'jpavertiS'penet^at^'farj-ajiid endMI|daiskn]§fs$s in^othpr^
‘‘jareinefYioaSj^^jgiye^a jpms;nt^M^fg&b|t'an<hheieap,ehingj.M«a]Iy
44 • Many, oTthe .rocks,, arq, late cj, ok ijp^ranai d a I jfa'|m^anh
^|igbt* ' s;(-.ofi a x ^ fo lj^ , bulb in lomo
piercedA|ii;OjUgKSia*h'di afcKeA f'>All are^-effifer^ ^ th, tb »
“ innuffier^ble .-flocks ofj jihigrator'yjbirds,^. whicM refort, here arihlialLy1
jW°*bredd, surd fill every little^ .projediipnT every[;hffllg^5tyh%h5^p^^
I the Hutober a |e i 6®mmon!lyhoIa^;eK:ff4t*- and nea-nJSpurnhead
amberds fpm,etimes{,A h ^ » f|^ e jex ;te nT iy ^ -c ^ lM ;o f TG.nn,nteA irf ..
IS5 flat, jail acfib'rhing t;of>Mr. Pennant^ioprnidn^.has^ b^en“ ‘gSirlved.' from
tbd (e&h|$bjpugh, in- |^ e i p a ¥ s ’bthedlha’has iin-its tuifi:inyaded;.the' feindy
feSilP^^^Kaips ^fij'a for.eft, are, viflblo.unhdfidhe^a^shJ i T|ah;-d©AAt^
ofEiticpln, and p a rt ,b f c ^ e « h ie fS ,^ § t^ l6 J i i^ ik ^ 4 s .t3 ^ B r i* in s ; and
tfc^jScgaft is diftinguifliable by churches,. ito ^A ^ b ilf e .y ^ h ia b r e s ljlC r
N§rf®lk and #Su.ffpikt|pi;efenit •;fo)mhti#$si J©am>y dr^playhjSfr^ehipite-f^
Aipetunes^hiUpeks pf fand, .a r i r a b d i s i h sRlush'dfAflabdpaees,.s 1J--Hunr
ftan&^cliff rifes to the &d%ht^AfaSaii!tf eigfetf
* Pennant’ s A ritiK Zoology, vol. i. p. xv.
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