214 ay 1749, 



THE country people already brought ripe 

 cherries up to town ; but they were only a 

 few to fatisfy curiofity, yet we may form 

 a judgment of the climate from hence. 



May the a6th. A peculiar kind of 



ftorm called a Travaf, or Travado., hap - 



pened to-day. In the evening about- ten 



o'clock, when the fky was quite clear, a 



thick, black cloud came rufhing from the 



fouth-weft, with a wind. The air was 



quite calm, and we could not feel any 



breeze. But the approach of this cloud 



was perceived from the ftrong rufhing 



noife in the woods to the fouth-weft, and 



which encreafed in proportion as the cloud 



came nearer. As foon as it was come up 



to us, it was attended by a violent guft of 



wind, which in its courfe threw down the 



weaker enclofures, carried them a good 



way along with it, and broke down feve- 



ral trees. It was then followed by a hard 



ihower of rain, which put an end to the 



ftorm, and every thing was calm as before. 



Thefe travadoes are frequent in fummer, 



and have the quality of cooling the air. 



However, they often do a deal of damage. 



They are commonly attended by thunder 



and lightning ; as foon as they are pafled 



over, the fky is as clear as it was before. 



May the 28th. THE Magnolia glauca 



was 



