^ Th Ihu pndigimi Fr^f^ (faith h^) hath mmh 3i0kd 
maiy old Orchards exfofed to tbeNorthEafi. Had it con^ 
eluded with fime gufts of Wind^ it might ham bem offad im* 
portancB t I weighed the Sprigg of an Alh^tree of jnSi three 
quarters of a pounds rohicb was brought to Table i the he 
•* on it weigh ed fixteen pounds ^ beftdes what was melted off 
by the hands of them that brought it . A mry fmallbent at 
" the fame time was produced, which bad an if de, encompaffmg 
it^ of five inches round by meafure; Tet all this whiley when 
Trees and hedges were loaden witb lce^ there was no Ice to be 
feen on our Rivers^ ner fo much as on our flanding fools. Now 
we are ferioufly concerned for Replanting. Dated ^ ^'J"" 
Sir, The like, or worfe and more ftraoge complaints,! 
received from feveral other places^ and from Eye^Witnefr 
fes of credit. Some Travailers were almoft loft by the cold# 
cefs of the freez^iog air,, and freezing rain. All the Tree?^ 
young and old^on the high^ way from Brifiol to shepton^v^ctc 
fo torn and thrown down on both fides the w^ys, than 
they were unpaffable. By the like obftruftions the Carri- 
ers of Bruton were forc't to return back^. Some were af- 
frighted with the noife in the Air, till they difeerned that 
it was the clatter of Icy boughs daihed one againft another 
fcy the wind. Some told me, that riding on the fnowy 
Downs, they faw this freezing rain fall upon the fno w,and 
immediately freeze to Ice, without finking at all into the 
inow ^ fo that the fnow was covered with Ice all along,and 
had been dangerous, if the Ice had been ftrong enough to 
bear them. Others were on their Journey when the Ice 
was able to bear them in fome places, and they were is 
great diftrefs, 
I faid, I could not pundually define the time when this 
freezing-rain was moft violent and moft apparent. Dec.8^ 
much (now fell here 5 the ninth, much rain tetlhere 5 and 
ail the fnow paffed away, not leaving an Icicle amongtt 
us. Thetenth day, wehad fmddain fits ofcoldand relax- 
ing warmnefs. On Wcdnefday (D^^?. i lO i faw a youog 
man, who returning home from a Journey of ive miles, 
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