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frozen hard during the night, was soggy and 

 wet. 



About 9.30 a calm that had prevailed all the 

 morning gave way before an easy intermittent 

 warm breeze from the southeast. 



At 10.10 the first cloud appeared in the north, 

 just above Hague's Peak. It was a heavy cumu- 

 lus cloud, but I do not know from what direction 

 it came. It rose high in the air, drifted slowly 

 toward the west, and then seemed to dissolve. At 

 any rate, it vanished. About 10.30 several heavy 

 clouds rose from behind Long's Peak, moving 

 toward the northwest, rising higher into the sky 

 as they advanced. 



The wind, at first in fitful dashes from the 

 southeast, began to come more steadily and 

 swiftly after eleven o'clock, and was so warm 

 that the snow softened to a sloppy state. The 

 air carried a tinge of haze, and conditions were 

 oppressive. It was labor to breathe. Never, ex- 

 cept one deadly hot July day in New York City, 

 have I felt so overcome with heat and choking 

 air. Perspiration simply streamed from me. These 

 oppressive conditions continued for two hours, 



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