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that is taken into Liverpool, where it commands 140s. per 

 cwt. The estate embraces about one hundred acres. 



A little farther up we reached New Castle, which is 

 about 4,000 feet above the level of the sea, and has been 

 selected by the government as a military station, on account 

 of its coolness and salubrity ; about 600 men are quartered 

 here. Another hour's drive brought us to Cold Spring Gap, 

 about five hundred feet higher. Here we were surrounded 

 by a dense fog, which prevented our enjoying the scenery, 

 and before we got off, we were overtaken by a shower, 

 the common experience of those who make this expedition. 



The change of temperature and scenery, and vegetation, 

 which one encounters in passing from Kingston to Cold 

 Spring, is so great, that it is difficult for the visitor to real- 

 ize that he is within the tropics. Above New Castle, we 

 no longer see the orange or the star apple, but the Ameri- 

 can apple, the peach, the strawberry, and other summer 

 fruits of the temperate zones, flourish in perfection. At 

 and for some distance below New Castle, the nights are 

 very cool, and blankets are indispensable at night, and fires 

 not unfrequently. Neither are ever required in Kingston. 

 At Cold Spring the thermometer ranges from 55° to 65°, 

 and it has been observed as low as 44°. There a fire at 

 noon-day is comfortable a great part of the year. 



The most delightful climate that can be imagined, is to 

 be found back of Kingston, upon an elevation of about 



