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Deg. and from this Time, barring a few Days, 
always in a Morning it reciprocated between 8oDeg. 
and I oo Deg. to March the 8th, on which it exceeded 
io6 Deg. and on the 9th it was forced down by a 
N. E. W ind to 1 1 o Deg. But although the Spring was 
at Hand, yet the Severity of the Weather did not 
ceale, as appears in that the Spirit of Wine, in the 
Englijh Thermometer, in a Morning always flood at, 
or under the 80th Deg. of the Thcrmofcopick Scale ; 
nay, even on March the on which Day the Equi- 
nox precifely fell, it was at 81 Deg. Ac length, on 
the lafl: Day of March, the Weather grew milder, 
from whence may be taken the true Beginning of the 
Spring ; nor but that all Afril was much colder than 
ufiial. 
Thus far from Thermofcopical Obfervations. Af- 
ter this, the curious Obferver proceeds to lliew its Se- 
verity from fome of the more remarkable Effetfls the 
Cold had on the Rivers, Plants, and Animals. As to 
the firfl, he fays, that the Elbe^ both at Wittemberg 
and other Places, was covered on "December 29, with 
a perfe<fl Bridge of Ice, which bore both iVIen and all 
Sorts of Carriages. This remained till February 28, 
when'it grew' thinner, and broke confiderably ; but the 
Cold returning on March 8, it re united, and was as 
firm as before, till March 29. The Water within the 
Houfes, and in the Bed-chambers, where wxre good 
Fires, was wholly congealed, and the Rind within on 
the Windows ftuck for many Days, when the Wind 
was either E. or N. though the Room was well warm- 
ed Examples of the other Kinds were feveral. Ma- 
ny Perfons perifiied in their Journeys, and more loH 
their Limbs in a very Ihort Time : So that near the 
Elbe . 
