gel, as a Missionary on these Isles. His labours and services, as a religious teacher, and instructer of youth, and a justice of the peace, (for he sustained all these offices) were very useful to these poor and ignorant Islanders, and acceptable to his employers. Mr. Stevens was a man of good natural abilities, of unaffected and fervent piety, apt to teach, and willing to sacrifice earthly enjoyments for the sake of doing good to his fellow men. He united firmness of mind, with an amiable temper and He was remarkably gentle manners. fitted for the station in which he was placed. He was much respected and beloved by his people, while he lived, and his death is deeply lamented as a public loss. METEOROLOGY. State of Fahrenheit's Thermometer, and the Barometer, for July. Observed at o'clock, A.M.---2, P.M.---sunset---and 10, P.M. 8:29.8 73 N.N.E. Little cloudy 8 S.S.W. Fair. Cloudy Cl'k. Bar. Ther. Wind. 8 = 29.7 67 S. Weather. Clouds & sun 2: 29.6 82 W.S.W. a little rain. 19th Day. 62 S.E. Fa. morn. Af. 11 A. M. clou. Rain fr. noon remaind. day. 20th Day. 60 N.E. E. Stormy. Rainy. N.N.W. Fair. Fair. 21st Day. 8: 29.8 2: 29.7 ss. : 29.6 10: 29.5 8: 29.4 2: 29.4 ss.: 29.4 10: 29.5 60 8:29.6 2: 29.6 ss.: 29.7 62 W. 70 W. Fair and clear. Changeable. 10: 29.7 64 W.N.W. Cloudy. 8: 29.7 2: 29.7 Ss.: 29.6 10: 29.5 8: 29.5 22d Day. 67 W. 70 W. 68 W. Cloudy and rainy. * At 3 oclock between 88 and 89. We have before us the meteorological observations for New-London in June last. At noon, and at three hours before and after noon, the table gives 66, 68, 69, and a mean of 67, which is three degrees lower than in Salem. The winds were easterly 11 times out of 30 observations, or for so many days; in Salem, 18 out of 56 times. only 3 times; in Salem 18 times. In New-London, highest 75, lowest 61. In Salem, lowest 62, highest 87. Cloudy only 4 days in New-London. Rain In New-York the thermometer was on 9th July, at 90 degrees, and nearly at that height for several days. On that day, the thermometer was not very high in Salem, but the barometer as low as we ever observed it. Sal. Reg 2:30 71 S.E. THE EDITOR'S NOTES. We thank the Botanist for his valua ble communication, and ask an early receipt of his 2d number. The author, or authoress, of the essay on Piety, Honesty, &c. will pardon our use of the pruning-knife, and our readers will pardon us, if we have not used it sufficiently. To be honest, we were obliged to recompose the thing. The favour of Adolphus, and the extract sent us by Constance, shall appear in the next Anthology. So likewise shall Lines on the death of Politian, which were not seen until our " collection of" July "flowers" was made. The Physicians of the town, to whom we owe what we deem an interesting document, and the gentlemen who furnish us with an accurate meteorological table, have our gratitude and respect. Aug. 1804. THE MONTHLY ANTHOLOGY. AUGUST, 1804. FOR THE ANTHOLOGY. ON TASTE. THE arts and fciences have fometimes been confidered the fole fubjects, which Taste particularly regards. The charms of mufic, the beauties of profe and poetic compofitions, the breathing canvafs, and the fculptured life, together with a few monuments of natural grandeur and finished art, have been thought to form the only sphere of her action. This is too limited an acceptation of the term. A moment's contemplation on the nature and operations of tafte will convince us that, it equally refpects the conduct of human life. Tafte is somewhere defined, to "confist of a nice harmony between the fancy and the judgment." To this we may add, that, forming a union of the ers of reafon and of foul, it enables us to view the various objects that furround us, through the medium of juft propriety.' pow Tafte, like air, pervades the regions of univerfal knowledge. Embracing each art, and every fcience, fhe exhibits to the mind their every quality, and then directs the wavering choice amid general and individual pursuits. Poffeffing not only the attributes of found judgment, but all the warmth of imagination, fhe is peculiarly well calculated to furnish us with materials for defign and execution. It is not alone neceffary, that the man of tafte inherit the endowments of genius ; he must have cultured and burnifhed them with ambitious attention. With a difcerning eye he has united a fedulous hand; and to a rational curiofity, that ever prompts to fome useful inquifition, has joined an invincible attachment to real excellence. In fhort: The man of true tafle, like Quinctillian's true orator, is a man of virtue; and poffeffes, along with the acute faculties of the head, the amiable qualities of a good heart. No fingle qualification, how |