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eastern part of this section of the State is several hundred feet higher, 

 while the western part, in the vicinity of Chattanooga and below, is lower 

 than Knoxville. The mean elevation of East Tennessee may, therefore, 

 be placed at nearly one thousand feet Its summers are delightful. The 

 heat is greatly tempered and modified by the high mountains which svir- 

 round the valley, while in winter the force of the winds from the west 

 and north is broken and expended against the Cumberland mountains. 

 For these reasons our summers are cool, and our winters mild and pleasant. 

 Snow seldom falls, and ice rarely exceeds three or four inches in thickness. 

 Much of our stock runs out, unprotected, during the whole year. The 

 fierce winds which, during a great part of the year, violently sweep over 

 the northwestern States, rarely visit in fury this mountain protected region. 

 Swamps and stiignant water, so common in the west and further south, 

 are almost unknown, except in the lower end of the valley. For this 

 reason miasmas and noxious exhalations, except in the region just stated, 

 are absolutely unknown. In the region of Knoxville, and in all that East 

 of it, we are exempt from chills and ague, the great enemy of the immigrant 

 in all the Western and Southern States. No process of acclimation is 

 necessary here, whether the immigrant comes from Maine or Pennsylvania, 

 from France or Nonvay, from the first he inhales a pure mountain air, 

 and is as exempt from disease as our native mountaineer. He can come 

 with perfect safety during any month in the year. 



From the Meteorological Record, kept at the East Tennessee University, 

 at Knoxville, for January, 1868, we have the following facts: 



Mean Temperature for said month at 7 A.M., 32^ 45'.'; at two P.M., 37° 56' ; at 9 P.M., 

 35= 12'. 



Mean Temperature for month 35^ 05'. • 



Coldest day, January 30th. mean temperature for 24 hours, 20° 16'. 



AVarmest day, January 7th, mean temperature for 24 hours, 52° 66'. 



Extreme Temperatures at 7 A.M., 14%' and 50M°; at 2 P.M., 2334° and 53J^°; at 9 

 P.M., 22= and bV. 



Mean Baromoter Height reduced to freezing point, at 7 A.M., 29.089 inches; at 2 

 P.M., 29.063 inches ; at 9 P.M., 29.089 inches 



Mean for 31 days, 29.080. 



The extreme temperatures during the year 1868, were 14° and 92°, 

 giving a range of 78°. The range in Ohio is about 105°, in Missouri, 

 over 100°, and in Florida, about 75°. 



Mean temperature for 1868, about 60°. 



It is a rare thing for the mercuiy to sink below 14°, or to rise above 

 92°. From 30° to 35° may be assumed as the mean of winter, and from 

 65° to 70° the mean of summer. 



During the month of Januaiy of this year, 1869, there were fifteen 

 days that were fit for plowing, and every day was fit for out door work. 

 Indeed during the whole round of the year, there are but few days, by 

 reason of heat or cold, unfit for the ordinary avocations of farm life. We 



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