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<c Afcer the fnow was down, it began to 

 cc freeze again, the wind continuing to 

 < c blow from the North ; the days were 

 " dark and cloudy for fome time, but af- 

 " ter wards it cleared up, and the Sun ap# 

 peared almoft every day, which melted 

 the fnow where expofed to it, whereby 

 the froft penetrated the deeper into the 

 ground. It was obfervable, that during 

 thefe clear days, a great mift or vapour 

 appeared in the evenings, floating near 

 " the furface of the ground, till the cold 

 " of the night came on, when it was fud- 

 " denly condenfed and difappeared $ the 

 " nights now began to be extreme fharp. 

 tc The ipirit in the Thermometer was 18 de- 

 * c grees below the freezing point, (as mark- 

 ed upon Mr. Fowler's Thermometers) and 

 it was at this time that van; quantities of 

 cc Laurujiinuss, Phyllyrea 's^Alaternns K s;Rq/e- 

 mary, and other tender plants began to 

 fufferj efpecially fuch as were trimm'd 

 up to naked items, or had been clipp'd 

 " late in the fummer. At this time alfo 

 " there were great numbers of trees dif- 

 " barked, fome of which were of a confi- 

 ci derablebulkj particularly two Weft-India 

 H Pla?ie Trees, in the Phyjick Garden at 



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