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eafterly, when it gradually veers round to the 
fouth; and that the rain does not then begin to 
ceafe till the wind has got to the weft, or rather a 
little to the northward of it. 
sth. ‘That it appears neceffary for the cold which 
the atmofphere has acquired during the winter 
months of a fevere feafon, to be thrown off, either 
by precipitations of hail or fnaw, or by its exertions 
upon the furface of the earth during the fpring 
manths, before it can take on a proper heat for 
{pring or fummer; hence proceed our backward 
fprings; or if they are early, they are generally 
rendered abortive by fome fevere hlaft or ftorm 
about the end of the {pring months; and therefore 
6th. ‘That fpring and fummer often commence 
at nearly one and the fame time. 
jth. That the coldeft weather generally occurs 
when the wind is to the weltward of the north, 
and not to the eaftward of it, as has commonly 
been imagined, 
8ih, ‘That however hot the external air may 
be in the day time, yet it is always temperate 
enough at night, having never been obferved to 
elevate the Thermometer higher in this country at 
midnight than 66°. and feldom even fo high 
ab, 6a. 
gth. That the eclipfes of the fun and moon 
generally occur in the mid{t of good weather. 
1oth. ‘That great falls and ftormy weather are 
more apt to take place on the third or fecond days 
; before, 
