376 WITHERING AND SEARING OF LEAVES. 



picions were corroborated for on this and the 

 preceding days we had strong gales from the 

 water, in consequence of which such windows as 

 were situate to the west and south-west were 

 skimmed over with a light saline scurf, the brass- 

 work of the doors was corroded and turned green, 

 painted works of all kinds were salt to the tongue, 

 as was every thing that could condense the mois- 

 ture ; and the leaves of the shrubs in the hedge- 

 rows, and of trees, all turned brown, and were 

 crisped up. A row of large elms in particular, 

 that fronted the gale, received its full influence ; 

 the whole of the windward side, then in full foliage, 

 became perfectly brown and seared, and the leaves 

 shortly afterwards parted from their sprays and 

 left them bare ; while the other and sheltered side 

 of the trees preserved its green foliage very slightly 

 influenced by the spray that burned up the other. 

 No period of the leafy season is exempt from these 

 pernicious effects, more or less, if the wind be 

 sufficiently violent and blowing from the water. 

 Portions of the country distant from the shores 

 often seem more influenced by these salt sprays 

 than others more near, the wind lifting up the 

 saline moisture, bearing it aloft to remote parts, 

 and dropping it as it travels over the land or meets 

 with impediments. 



Our apples in some years are more inclined to 



