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Miscellanies. 



before on llie first day of May, within the last thirty-two years, since 

 I have resided in Vermont. 

 Fayetteville, (Vt.) May 1, 1830. 



7. Abstract of Meteorological 

 (Ohio,) in North Lat. 39° 25', 

 1829, by S. P. Hildreth. 



Observations, made at Marietta, 

 West Long. 81° SO', in the year 



Mean temperature for the year, 52° 38', being almost three de- 

 grees less than the year 1828. 



Rain, 39 inches and j%\, being ten inches less than in 1828. 



Prevailing winds from the S. and S. W. ; with more from the east 

 than is usual for this climate. 



Heat the greatest in July, and least in February. 



Although less rain has fallen, we have had nearly a month more 

 of cloudy weather than in the past year. The mild, pleasant weath- 

 er, called " Indian summer," which usually continues for four or five 

 weeks in October and November, failed wholly to visit us, and its 

 place was supplied with long, cold, drizzling rains, so that it was with 

 much extra labor the farmer gathered his crops of Indian corn and 

 potatoes. 



Fruits of all kinds, common to the country, were excellent and 

 abundant. 



