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General Remarks. 



In January there was much blowing weather, fometimes from 

 the fouth, but chiefly from the fouih-eaft ; often accompanied 

 with fnow ; of which defcription have been our fcvereft winter 

 ftorms for fome years paft. In this month alfo occurred fliarp 

 congelation, and moftly with a low barometer. February was 

 , remarkably dry ; the winds were in general moderate ; and, 

 although there was frequent congelation, the cold was feldom 

 fevere. Sometimes, indeed, the temperature of the air was almoft 

 genially warm, even after fun-fet, whilft the preceding day had 

 been perhaps rather fharp ; which was often the cafe during the 

 eaft and fouth-eaft breezes of the whole winter. In March, 

 though there were fome days and nights of congelation, yet only 

 two or three of them were in any degree fharp ; and one only fo- 

 hard as to prevent harrowing in the morning. This, like the pre-r 

 ceding month, was remarkably dry ; but there were frequent 

 mifts, and fome thick fogs, which condenfed into drops like raint 

 There were frequent calms ; the winds were generally moderate, 

 fometimes in different currents, the upper current bting fouth- 

 wefl, whilfl the lower was fouth-eaft; which tides of the atmof- 

 phere were frequently noticed during this and the two preceding 

 months, jipril was a wet month, with much blowing, fqually 



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