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Monthly Chronicle.
MONTHLY CHRONICLE .
' LONDON , July ist . 1793 . f iF ^ HE Hanover Packet in her late voyage from Halifax , fell in with two j | large Islands of ICE , in a more souihern degree of latitude than has been ¦ ""^ known for many years past . Capt . Miliegan , of the ship Eleanor , in a recent passage front Cowes to Charlestown , in latitude 44 . 05 . longitude 40 " . 03 . fell in with an island of Ice , four miles in
length , by the log ; and 1 S 0 feet perpendicular above water ; and the next day , in hit . 44 . 54 . and long . 42 . 4 6 . fell in with another island of Ice , about one mile in length , and 220 feet perpendicular . Mr . D . Smith , of Portland , Massachusetts , published , in one of the Charlcsfown papers of the 25 th of March , the following account of a mountain of Ice , seen by him on his passage from thence to England . " I sailed from the port of Bristol , in the month of July last . On the second day of August followingearly in the dayin lat . 4450 long . 4530 . got sigbt
, , . . . of an island of Ice , bearing E . N . E . distant about 15 leagues . We stood towards It several hours , during which time it had the appearance of a white cloud . — When within four leagues , we discovered it to be an immense body of Ice , apparently stationary , in form very much resembling the island of St . Eustatius , in the West Indies . It ' s appearance was truly picturesque and beautiful , heightened by a bright reflection of the sun ' s rays on that part exposed to view , having ¦ the appearance of a stupendous mountain , on some part of which their appeared dark tpots , supposed to- be cavities on which the sun did not shine ; these
appeared to be several hundred feet in depth . —We computed it's height to be about 300 feet from the surface of the sea , and it ' s circumference about three miles . " Various have been the reasons assigned for these phenomena ? of nature , the most probable of which is , that they are formed on the stupendous clifts of land contiguous lo Davis ' s Streights , by the constant pouring of torrents of water over them , which freezes a ; it passes , in which state it continues til ! it ' s own weight tumbles it into the sea ; after which it is driven by winds and currents . " A man of the name of Walsh , a resident in the town of Nottingham , on the
fourth of last month , gave his son a charged pistol to play with , and the boy unfortunately discharged it at his father ; the wadding unfortunately entered his body , and baffled all chirurgical or medical skill ; after lingering till Monday last he died in the greatest agonies . The Captain of a Russian trading vessel lately arrived in the river from Petersburgh , and who during a residence of three weeks had frequent opportunities of seeing the Empress , states her to have all the appearance of a person suffering the total decay of nature , very infirm , and devoid of tiiat energy of thought and action which has hitherto been her characteristic .
Several travellers lately arrived from Maldonado and Monteviedo , possessions . belonging to the Spaniards in South America , relate a singular phenomenon which tcok place in the River de la Plata , " in the month of April last . The waters of the river were forced , by a most impetuous storm of wind , to the distance often leagues , so that the neighbouring plains were entirely inundated , and the bed of the river left dry . Ships which have been sunk in the river for upwards of thirty j'ears , were uncovered ; and among others an English vesselwhich was cast in the 1762 . Several repaired to the
, away year persons bed of the river , on which they could walk without wetting their feet , and returned leaded with silver and other riches , which had been long buried under the water . This phenomenon , which may be ranked among the grand revolur tions of nature , continued three days , at the end of which the wind ceased , and ihs water returned with great violence to it's natural bed .
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Monthly Chronicle.
MONTHLY CHRONICLE .
' LONDON , July ist . 1793 . f iF ^ HE Hanover Packet in her late voyage from Halifax , fell in with two j | large Islands of ICE , in a more souihern degree of latitude than has been ¦ ""^ known for many years past . Capt . Miliegan , of the ship Eleanor , in a recent passage front Cowes to Charlestown , in latitude 44 . 05 . longitude 40 " . 03 . fell in with an island of Ice , four miles in
length , by the log ; and 1 S 0 feet perpendicular above water ; and the next day , in hit . 44 . 54 . and long . 42 . 4 6 . fell in with another island of Ice , about one mile in length , and 220 feet perpendicular . Mr . D . Smith , of Portland , Massachusetts , published , in one of the Charlcsfown papers of the 25 th of March , the following account of a mountain of Ice , seen by him on his passage from thence to England . " I sailed from the port of Bristol , in the month of July last . On the second day of August followingearly in the dayin lat . 4450 long . 4530 . got sigbt
, , . . . of an island of Ice , bearing E . N . E . distant about 15 leagues . We stood towards It several hours , during which time it had the appearance of a white cloud . — When within four leagues , we discovered it to be an immense body of Ice , apparently stationary , in form very much resembling the island of St . Eustatius , in the West Indies . It ' s appearance was truly picturesque and beautiful , heightened by a bright reflection of the sun ' s rays on that part exposed to view , having ¦ the appearance of a stupendous mountain , on some part of which their appeared dark tpots , supposed to- be cavities on which the sun did not shine ; these
appeared to be several hundred feet in depth . —We computed it's height to be about 300 feet from the surface of the sea , and it ' s circumference about three miles . " Various have been the reasons assigned for these phenomena ? of nature , the most probable of which is , that they are formed on the stupendous clifts of land contiguous lo Davis ' s Streights , by the constant pouring of torrents of water over them , which freezes a ; it passes , in which state it continues til ! it ' s own weight tumbles it into the sea ; after which it is driven by winds and currents . " A man of the name of Walsh , a resident in the town of Nottingham , on the
fourth of last month , gave his son a charged pistol to play with , and the boy unfortunately discharged it at his father ; the wadding unfortunately entered his body , and baffled all chirurgical or medical skill ; after lingering till Monday last he died in the greatest agonies . The Captain of a Russian trading vessel lately arrived in the river from Petersburgh , and who during a residence of three weeks had frequent opportunities of seeing the Empress , states her to have all the appearance of a person suffering the total decay of nature , very infirm , and devoid of tiiat energy of thought and action which has hitherto been her characteristic .
Several travellers lately arrived from Maldonado and Monteviedo , possessions . belonging to the Spaniards in South America , relate a singular phenomenon which tcok place in the River de la Plata , " in the month of April last . The waters of the river were forced , by a most impetuous storm of wind , to the distance often leagues , so that the neighbouring plains were entirely inundated , and the bed of the river left dry . Ships which have been sunk in the river for upwards of thirty j'ears , were uncovered ; and among others an English vesselwhich was cast in the 1762 . Several repaired to the
, away year persons bed of the river , on which they could walk without wetting their feet , and returned leaded with silver and other riches , which had been long buried under the water . This phenomenon , which may be ranked among the grand revolur tions of nature , continued three days , at the end of which the wind ceased , and ihs water returned with great violence to it's natural bed .