SCOTS MAGAZINE, AND Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, FOR APRIL 1812. With a View of Pitkeathly House. Page CONTENTS: Page 283 Account of Pitkeathly House, and View of the Political State of Scot of the Mineral Waters near it. 243 land at Michaelmas 1811 ........ 290 Observations on the Fifth Exhibition of Paintings in Edinburgh......... 246 New Works published in Edinburgh 293 Trial of Hugh, M.Donald, Hugh Literary Intelligence *................. ib. M'Intosh, and Neil Sutherland, Memoirs of the Progress of Manufor Robbery and Murder, on the factures, Chemistry, Science, and morning of New Year's Day...... 249 the Fine Arts ........................ 293 Account of James Small, and of his POETRY Improvements in the construction The Wanton Wife isn................ 290 of Agricultural Implements ; by Sir John Sinclair 260 PROCEEDINGS OF PARLIAMENT. Account of the present State of Li terature in Iceland. From Sir G. House of Lords ... ............. 297 S. Mackenzie's Travels............. 265 Commons co................ 298 Account of the Introduction of Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy, to HISTORICAL AFFAIRS. the King of Persia. From Mo France .......... rier's Travels......... .....6 270 Spain & Portugal -Siege of Badajoz 307 Amusements of the Persian Court. North of Europe.......... From the same ..................... 273 America ...... ib. Persian Diplomacy. From the same 277 Naval Intelligence View of the Institution at Edinburgh Domestic Intelligence Riots in for the Relief of Incurables ... 279 England ..... ........ 312 Proceedings of the Wernerian Society 282 SCOTTISH CHRONICLE. of the Caledonian Horticul. tural Society .... ib. Miscellaneous........................... 319 Monthly Memoranda in Nat. History 283 Appointments... SCOTTISH Review. Births and Marriages... Lectures upon Portions of the Old Deaths ............... 316 Testament, intended to illustrate Stocks and Markets ...... 302 ........... 310 .... 311 .......... 314 ....... 315 320 45 STATE OF THE BAROMETER, &c. High Water at Leith, From March 25th, to April 26th, 1812, For May 1812. in the vicinity of Edinburgh. Day. Morn. Even. H. M.H. M. Fr. 1) 5 48 6 14 1812. Barom. Thermom. Rain. Weather. Sa. 2 6 407 7 Mar. Su. 3 7 348 1 26 | 30.9 23 Clear M. 41 8 27 8 54 27 30.11 37 42 0.31 Sleet Tu. 5 9 21 9 48 28 29.45 38 43 Clear W. 610 1410 41 29 29.71 37 40 0.4 Rain Th. 7111 811 35 30 29.8 35 38 0.71 F. 8/12 212 29 31 30. 35 | 44 Cloudy Sa. 912 57 Apr. 1 29.75 35 44 0.14 Rain Su. 101 25 1 53 2 29.5 38 51 Clear M. 11 2 23 2 50 3 29.41 41 50 0.01 Showers Tu. 12 3 19 3 48 4) 29.9 32 50 Clear W. 13 4 16 4 45 5 30.22 30 48 Th. 141 5 13 5 41 630.3 34 F. 15 6 8 6 34 Sa. 16 7 0 7 25 8 30.3 45 Cloudy Su. 17 7 498 13 9 30.34 36 50 M. 18 8 35 8 58 10 30.2 39 50 0.01 Showers Tu. 19 9 19 9 42 11 30, 4052 Cloudy W. 2010 310 24 12 30.04 35 | 49 Clear Th. 21/10 4511 13 30.25 41 Fr. 2211 28/11 48 14 30.22 38 54 Så. 2312 10/12 32 15 29.91 40 48 Su. 24/12 54 16 30. 33 M. 25 1 17 1 41 17 30.15 32 Clear Tu. 26 2 41 2 28 18 30.35 34 55 W. 271 2 531 3 1819 30.24 36 54 Th. 28 3 44 4 10 20 30.1 36 52 0.02 Hail Fr. 29 4 37 5 4 21 30.25 | 37 | 54 Sa. 305 305 57 22 30.2 37 53 Clear Su. 31 6 23 6 50 23 | 30.23 40 50 24 30.23 41 54 34 40 Cloudy Sá 0:02 MOON'S PHASES FOR MAY, 1812, 25 29.9 39 39 0.32 Snow Apparent time at Edinburgh. D. M. H. Quantity of rain............. 2.18 Last Quart. 4 24 8 morn. May 12. Court of Session sits. 14. General Assembly sits. THE Scots Magazine, AND EDINBURGH LITERARY MISCELĻANY, FOR ARRIL 1812. Account of Pitkeathly House, and of the Mineral Waters near it. P" DITKEATHLY House is situated As no particular treatise has about five miles from Perth, been published on these waters, and at a little distance from the road I wished to know their particular which leads from Perth to Edin- nature and contents, I wrote to his burgh. It is chiefly remarkable for Grace the Duke of Athole, whose the mineral springs which are situ- seat at Dunkeld is within fifteen or ated at a small distance from it. sixteen miles of the wells, and begThe period when these waters were ged the favour of him to ask some discovered has not been ascertain- of the physical people in the neighed; and even tradition says nothing bourhood, to examine these waters; in that respect. The first account and give me an account of them; of them that we find in print is con. and, in consequence thereof, his tained in a paper by Dr Donald Grace was so obliging as to send a Munro, in the London Philosophi. letter, from Dr Wood of Perth, gical Transactions. It was read Jan. ving the following description of 23. 1772, and printed in the 62d them--and afterwards six bottles of Volume, from which we give the the water, which arrived in spring following extract 1771 : " There are but few salt purging “ The spring rises in very low waters which have hitherto been marshy ground, undistinguishable discovered in Scotland. The Pit- from any other, but by the taste of keathly, situated about six miles, its water. It is generally believed from the town of Perth, is the one to contain no mineral principle, but in most esteem, and the most fré- a small proportion of marine salts. quented. It |