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are brought by wind from a remote region. There is’ sometimes a’ transient ’ 
augmentation of keat, even to the extent of two degrees of Reaumur, which 
immediately precedes a thunder-storm in summer, that, it~ seems . probable, 
results from the diffusion of heat just mentioned, gs .1iblis 
Tlie range of the mereury in the barometer has a strict coincidence) with, the. 
range of temperature, on the plains of the interior parts of Russia. In sinter,, 
the-greatest cold is always accompanied by the greatest height of the barometer; 
and.a- diminution of cold is always immediately preceded or accompanied by 
the descent.of the mercury of the barometer—this occurs in such a regular 
and constant manner, that the waving lines of the ranges of the barometer and 
thermometer exactly correspond, during a period of two months, whichis the’ 
whole time that a register of observations from the two instruments was kept 
for several weeks in succession. From many observations, each’ series com- 
prising periods of a few days only in succession, it is indicated that the reverse, 
as regards temperature, is the case during the summer months—that is, thatthe 
barometer is highest in fine clear weather, when the heat is greatest. So) that 
it appears that the greater degree of elevation of the barometer have a relation 
to the causes which in winter produce or accompany extremes of cold, and 
in summer extremes of heat; and as each of those states is accompanied with 
comparatively great clearness of the atmosphere—absence of clouds, and a 
bright, deep, blue tint of the sky—there is nothing in those observations that is 
calculated to perplex our hypothetical reasonings about the causes: of ‘those 
phenomena. yh 
‘About the eastern part of the continent of Europe, all meteorological phe- 
nomena oceur with an appearance of order that is not observable either.in the 
western part of Europe, or in the islands situate in the Atlantic Ocean, where 
such phenomena appear to be deranged by, many conflicting causes. . This 
order is remarkable in the winds—during the summer months, that is to sa 
from May, to September, each inclusive there is a wind from the north, whic 
occurs about two or three hours after sun-rise, and ceases about an hour 
before sun-set, with great constancy and regularity. The nights, generally; are 
perfectly calm. This wind is generally north-easterly in May, June, and 
July, and north-westerly in August and September. Other winds sometimes 
occur in those months, but this is for the most part when the weather is! un- 
settled and tempestuous, and then the wind exists in the night as well as during 
the, day.. About the, time of the equinoxes, the winds are very .variable. 
During the winter, the most frequent wind is easterly in clear fine weather ; 
but this wind does not occur with the regularity of the northerly wind in sum- 
mer; though when it exists, it is chiefly about the middle of the day, the nights 
being calm. For the most part, however, the finest clear weather, with the 
greatest cold, exists when the air is nearly or quite calm. A greater degree of 
cold not unfrequently attends a northern wind, but such weather is commonly 
of but short duration, and it is succeeded generally by tempestuous weather, 
with a great fall of snow; and when this is about to happen, the wind usually 
comes in a few hours from a directly opposite southern quarter—generally 
south-western. 
REMINISCENCES, 
Wuen the bright summer day of youth is silently waning away, ‘and 
the twilight gloom of age sinks on the horizon of lite, and thé-shadows 
of past years grow darker in the vale of tears through’ which we have 
wandered, it is pleasant to forget the infelicities of the presént while 
remembering the joys of the past, and to gaze’through'thé dino ‘vistaof 
protracted existence on the innotent pleasures ‘of our “early ‘Childhood. 
ff, in the chill evening of life; we have! a-homeé and a‘ shélter from’ the 
storms of the world, and the voices of our offspring Yotind ‘sweetly around 
; ripeviy DShAOoSG DAG 
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