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But before I proceed to give a farther 

 account of the weather, I (hail offer you 

 my thoughts upon the reafon of this ve- 

 getation fo early, whilft the cold was fo 

 iC intenfe with you. Firft, it is to be obferved, 

 " that our ftorms of fnow at that feafon 

 " came on before the froft had entered the 

 " ground; fo that the fnow kept the ground 

 " warm and feenre from the froft, which 

 " only crufted the top of the fnow : Du- 

 ring this feafon the wind blew from the 

 Eaft, which coming off the fea, (from 

 which we are but eight miles diftant) was 

 cc not attended with fo much cold as if it 

 " had blown over the land, which was 

 " covered with fnow, where there is no 

 " fea for two hundred miles. Till the fifth 

 " of February we enjoyed this weather ; at 

 " which time we had a violent fnow with 

 a ftorm from the South-weft, and the 

 froft having entered the ground before it 

 fell, checked our early flowers from ap- 

 pearing : During this fnow, which con- 

 tinued moft part of February, we had a 

 great deal of fun-mine, which contributed 

 very much to our early crops of Cu- 

 cumbers and Melons \ but during the nights 

 it froze very hard, which deftroyed great 



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