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damage at Albany. There is hardly a 

 month infummer during which a froft does 

 not happen. The fpring comes very late, 

 and in April and May are numerous cold 

 nights, which frequently kill the flowers of 

 trees and kitchen-herbs. It was feared 

 that the bloiToms of the apple-trees had 

 been fo feverely damaged by the froft, 

 laft May, that next autumn there would 

 be but very few apples. The oak-blof- 

 foms are very often killed by the froft in 

 the woods. The autumn here is of long 

 continuance, with warm days and nights. 

 However, the cold nights commonly com- 

 mence towards the end of September, and 

 are frequent in October. The people are 

 forced to keep their cattle in ftables, from 

 the middle of November, till March or 

 April, and muft find them hay during that 

 time *. 



During fummer, the wind blows com- 

 monly from the South, and brirrgs a great 

 drought along with it. Sometimes it rains 

 a little, and as foon as it has rained the 

 wind veers to North Weft, blowing for 

 feveral days from that point* and then re- 

 turning to the South. I have had fre- 



Qj2 quent 



* The reader muft reckon all this according to the old 

 ilile. 



