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globe three thousand miles distant from each other, is an 
‘interesting proof that it was far beyond the supposed limits 
of the terrestial atmosphere—J. L. H. 
Frost.—On the evening of the 24th of December, 1840, 
the wind being northerly, and the sky bright and clear, an 
unusual degree of cold was experienced in the Bermudas. 
At this time I was a stranger in the Islands, and had 
been led to believe that the winter season was so mild 
and agreeable, as to render fires unnecessary. Moreover, 
I was residing in a house, the walls of which were green 
and purple from the damp; where the staircase from the 
hall below, entered the drawing room, without the inter- 
vention of any doorway, and where the only fire-place 
was in the kitchen. I can safely say that I suffered 
more, on this occasion from cold, than during the whole of 
my long residence in a Canadian climate. 
On the following morning white frost was visible in low 
situations ; water in tubs was frozen to the thickness of 
half a crown ; and the subsequent blackened appearance of 
young lettuces and potatoe stalks, sufficiently evinced the 
effect of this visitation upon the vegetable kingdom. 
Of course, “the oldest inhabitant” was quoted as never 
recollecting such an instance of frost in the Bermudas ; but, 
if we may be allowed to judge of past events by those 
which happen in our own time, I should feel disposed to 
question the memory of this much-respected and universal 
character ; indeed, I have been credibly informed by persons 
resident in Ireland Island, that one or two instances of frost 
have been observed at that station within the last few 
years —J. L. H. 
