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of Augujl ; whereas we can hardly bring 

 them lb foon to maturity under glafTes and 

 on hot beds. The cold of the winter, I 

 cannot juftly determine, as the meteorolo- 

 gical obiervations which were communicat- 

 ed to me, were all calculated after ther- 

 mometers, which were fo placed in the 

 houfes, that the air could not freely come at 

 them. The fnow lies for fome months to- 

 gether upon theground; and fledges are made 

 ufe of here as in Sweden, but they are rather 

 too bulky. The river Hudfon is about an 

 Englifh mile and a half broad at its mouth: 

 the difference between the highefl flood and 

 the lowed ebb is between iix and [even 

 feet, and the water is very brackifh : yet 

 the ice flands in it not only one but even 

 feveral months : it has fometimes a thick- 

 nefs of more than two feet. 



The iphabitants are fometimes greatly 

 troubled with Mufquitoes. They either 

 follow the hay which is made near the 

 town, in the low meadows which are quite 

 penetrated with fait water ; or they accom- 

 pany the cattle at night when it is brought 

 home. I have myfelf experienced, and have 

 obierved in others, how much theie little 

 animalcules can disfigure a perfon's face dur- 

 ing a iingle night ; for the ikin is fometimes 



