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Chriftmas, they reckon their v/inter. During 

 this winter, the Swedifh therniioineter of Pro- 

 felTor Celfius^ was within doors conftantly^ be- 

 tween twenty-nx and thii ty degrees, and in fum- 

 mer between thirty .and thirty-three. Out cf doors 

 the heat is, between nine and five o'clock, ex- 

 cefiive, fo that it would be intolerable for the 

 whole animal and vegetable creationy did not at 

 -the fame time a conftant eaft wind and rain, 

 contribute towards abating the heat w^hile the 

 fun is in the zenith. 



Here Loefling found a new worlds e\^ery plant 

 he bekeld was new, and their great number 

 gave him employment from morning to night. 

 This expedition was intended to go up the great 

 Orenoco river, then by Rio Negro^ into the Ah- 

 ramion, or river of Amazons^ and afterwards 

 along the limits of Brazilsy till to thoie pre- 

 = tended lakes which are fituated at the fource 

 of Rio de la Plata^ which river they intended 

 to follow to Buenos Ayres^ and from thence the 

 tour fliould go back through Chili^ Reru^ Lima^ 

 ■ and ^i/i?, all countries which never had been 

 Vifited by any botanift of note, if we except 

 that Mr. Juffteu had feen part of Reru, 



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The here-mentioned degrees of Cilfius^s thermome- 

 ter, correfpond thus v/ith the degrees in Farraheif'^ 

 jcale, 26^:7925 30=86 J and 33=91. 



