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General Observations. 



January. — The mean temperature was below the average. 

 Snow fell on the 2nd, and in considerable quantity on the 20th 

 and 21st, but it soon melted. Fogs were prevalent from the 12th 

 to the 16th, and on the 22nd the fog was very dense. The 26th 

 and 28th were boisterous, without much rain. 



February. — This month was only about half a degree warmer 

 than the preceding. The temperature was exceedingly variable. 

 On the 9th it was within 4 degrees of zero, and on the 17th the 

 maximum in the shade was 57 degrees : hence the range was 53 

 degrees in the shade. Previously to the 9th snow had fallen to 

 the depth of 4^ inches ; the frost was again intense on the nights 

 of the 11th and 12th. A thaw commenced on the I4th, and on 

 the four succeeding days the weather was unusually mild for the 

 period of the season. The night of the 18th was boisterous, 

 with a warm south-west wind. 



March. — The mean temperature was between two and three 

 degrees below the average, and vegetation made very little pro- 

 gress from the 1st to the I7th of the month ; and although the 

 days were afterwards warm, still the nights were generally more 



