company in very uncomfortable circumstances at the 

 Castle and other inns. 



On the 20th the sun shone out for the first time 

 since the frost began ; a circumstance that has been 



The tveather. 



remarked on before as much in favour of vegetation. 

 All this time the cold was not very intense, for the 

 thermometer stood at 29, 28, 25, and thereabout: but 

 on the 2 1st it descended to 20. The birds now be- 



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