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pHtrnit Tosnum 5 Qramina^ qu(C tiofidum fuere refe^a^ ad nU 
mium vencre maturitatis gradum* Kites eanwsque Flofctdi 
tnulta fajUnHermt daffjna a Pluvtce continiio fere lapft 5 dc^- 
ciderunt tenella Petala^ Foliis ruhigo induBa eji, nt macra 
admodnm fit Autumm venturi fpes, 8cc. 
Having thus conhdered the ufe of Cold to the produ* 
£iion ot Rain, I (hall (hut np thefe Remarks with one 
thing concerning the Alps'j and that is, I cannot but 
think that thofe and all fuch like high Mountains, and 
the Snows they are covered with, are of great ufe to the 
neighbouring, yea more dif^ant Countries, in generating 
their Rain, and performing other great Offices of Nature. 
From forae Obfervations I have made in running over, 
and comparing Dr. Scheuchzers and my own larger Tables, 
1 have fo frequently obferved the Rifings and Fallings of 
the Barometer, fome of the moft conliderable Variations 
of the Wind, the moft remarkable Alterations of Heat 
and Cold, and of wet and dry 5 I have, I fay, fo often 
obferved many of thefe to precede in one place what 
hath follow’d in another, that I am apt to think that 
even England may fometimes partake of the effeifts of the 
Alpine Mountains upon the Air and Vapours. It is certain 
that their very cold Weather in December laft, and the 
Relaxation thereof preceded ours ; Which makes me en- 
dined to think it might probably be derived from them 
to us. All the former part of that Month, erpecially 
from about the 8th day till the 24th, was here mild and 
open. But on Chrijimas^day it began to be colder, and 
the following days to freeze harder and harder 5 infomuch 
that on December 30. my Thermometer was a great deaf 
lower than ever I had feen it before. And two curious 
Perfons in London told me, that the Spirits in their Ther- 
mometers fell feveral degrees lower this laft Winter, than 
they had done in the felf-fame Thermometers during all 
the long and remarkable Froft in the Year 1683. Whe- 
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