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liavo a marked iiiiliuMu-e in dissipating the winter's snows and ice 

 wlicii tliese are not particnlarly heavy, I did not find the Angnst 

 heat quire so intense on the mountain tops as I had been led to 



suppose that it would he, l)iil tlicre was (juite ciKMiiih of it to satisfy 

 an ample vegetation and to make heavy garments in walking more 

 than a luxury. Unfortunately, my tliciMiiouieter was away from 

 me at this time, and as sensation in this dry northern climate is so 



