On the Climate, &c. of the South Shoreof Lake Erie. 217 
frost will be abstracted so gradually from frozen vegetation as not 
to impair its vitality. 
even on the shore of the lake. ; Bec 
In autumn, this great body of water begins to part with its 
warmth to the colder incumbent atmosphere, and the process 
continues during the winter. While its progress 1s most rapid, 
strong southerly winds prevail at the earth’s surface, while vol- 
umes of clouds, at a high elevation, may at the same time be 
The emanations from the lake then begin to condense and pass 
off to the south, in the form of thick clouds, without eeemenss 
at first, much rain. - About the 20th of October the cold from the 
‘warm weather. ‘These squalls always precede the autumnal hee 
Our gardeners feel no apprehension for their tender vegetables ti 
these premonitions have appeared. i yee s 
Common observations, as well as the more sure test, ~ rain- 
guage, show that larger amounts of vapor from the : e - 
carried south, condensed in the form of rain and snow, than fa 
in this vicinity. ; 
During winter comparatively little snow falls, and “re lo 
accumulates here, though it may be abundant on the hig ot 
grounds, thirty or forty miles in the interior. tsa 
This region is also not so frequently favored 
imparts a blandness and freshness to the atmosphere during the 
hottest days of summer, very observable on approaching a 
from the interior. During that season it is peculiarly ae 
and invigorating to invalids, and equally harrassing to 
ing the spring season. | meee s tem e OOA 
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