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away a large amount of heat during the summer months, which interposes 

 between orcliards and the westerly cold waves. In other words. Lake Michi- 

 gan may justly be compared to a vast caldron of warm water, diffusing its 

 beneficent influence during the rigors of the winter months; and to all who 

 reside on this side of its border, whether 'Jew or gentile, Greek or barbarian, 

 citizen or alien, it dispenses alike its genial influence. 



