152 Mr. Barker's Register of the Barometer , 
of the month, till the two last days ; when a thaw came on* 
with very warm and remarkably wet air, though no great 
quantity of rain fell. It was agreed every where, that Decem- 
ber 24, at night, was much the coldest time this winter; in some 
places the thermometer was down below o, at 4 or 8 ; but I 
did not happen to look at it just at that time, so that I never 
saw it so low as 14. 
