CL'IMATE, 6ce. ^ 



By his table it appears, that at Salem, the differ- 

 ©nee between the extremes of heat and cold is 51 de^ 

 grees, while at Rome it is only 24 degrees, at Mar- 

 seilles 29 degrees, and at Padua 39 degrees. 



In general, in the states of Maine, Vermont, New 

 Hampshire, and even Massachusetts, all situated be- 

 tween the latitude of 42 and 45 degrees, that is, cor- 

 responding to the south of France and the north of 

 Spain, the ground is sufficiently covered with snow 

 for three or four months in Winter, to render the 

 use of sledges general and habitual. 



The thermometer, which varies at that season, 

 from the freezing point to 8 or 10 degrees below, 

 sometimes falls to 1;^, 14, or even 18 deg, below 0, 

 ®f Fahrenheit. 



In these very states, of Maine, Vermont, New 

 Hampshire, &c. the intensity of the heat, reckoning 

 from the Summer solstice, is equally excessive. 

 For forty or fifty days, the quicksilver is frequently 

 seen to rise to ^1 and 22 degrees of Reaumur, and 

 sometimes to 24 or even 26 degrees. There are 

 few ears in which it does not rise as high as 30 and 

 SI degrees at Salem,* which is the temperature of 

 the Persian gulf, and the coasts of Arabia, It is 

 equally intense in many other pai ts of New England^ 

 where observations have not been made : at Rutland 

 already mentioned, Mr, Williams has seen the quick-, 

 silver at 27 degrees of Reaumur. 



* l^Ir, Volney h»s po authority fsiX t,his assertioru 



