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duce about fifty young at a birth. The inference is irresistr* 

 ble, that the patient had, in her frequent draughts of swamp 

 water, swallowed, perhaps thousands of these animals in 

 their nascent, or most diminutive state of existence, and a 

 few only survived the shock ; but it is matter of astonish- 

 ment, that from the icy element in which they had com- 

 menced their being, and for which, they were constituted 

 by nature, they should bear this sudden transportation to a 

 situation so opposite in its character, and grow into vigorous 

 maturity, unannoyed by the active chemical and mechan- 

 ical powers to whose operation they were subjected. 



Art. VI. — Meteorological Observations. 



Mean temperature for the year, 55.22. 



Rain, 49 inches and //^ ; being 8 inches and y|o more 

 than fell in the year 1027. 



Prevaling winds, S. and S.W. 



Hottest month, August — coldest month, December. 



N. B. The thermometer has a northern exposure, in the 

 shade. Observations taken at 7 A.M. in winter, at 6 A.M. 

 in summer, and at 2 and 9 P.M. 



