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globe three thousand miles distant from each other, is an 

 interesting proof that it was far heyond the supposed limits 

 of the terrestial atmosphere. — J. L. H. 



Eeost.— On the evening of the 24th of December, 1840, 

 the wind being northerly, and the sky bright and clear, an 

 unusual degree of cold was experienced in the Bermudas. 

 At this time I was a stranger in the Islands, and had 

 V) been led to believe that the winter season was so mild 

 and agreeable, as to render fires unnecessary. Moreover, 

 I was residing in a house, the walls of which were green 

 and purple from the damp ; ■ where the staircase from the 

 hall below, entered the drawing room, without the inter- 

 vention of any doorway, and where the only fire-place 

 was in the kitchen. I can safely say that I suffered 

 more, on this occasion from cold, than during the whole of 

 my long residence in a Canadian climate. 



On the following morning white frost was visible in low 

 situations ; water in tubs was frozen to the thickness of 

 half a crown ; and the subsequent blackened appearance of 

 young lettuces and potatoe stalks, sufficiently evinced the 

 effect of this visitation upon the vegetable kingdom. 



Of course, "the oldest inhabitant" was quoted as never 

 recollecting such an instance of frost in the Bermudas ; but, 

 if we may be allowed to judge of past events by those 

 which happen in our own time, I should feel disposed to 

 question the memory of this much-respected and universal 

 character ; indeed, I have been credibly informed by persons 

 resident in Ireland Island, that one or two instances of frost 

 have been observed at that station withia the last few 

 years. — J. L. H. 



