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ther at Zurich the Cold was more excelllve, than it ufed 
to be in other Years» Dr. Schcuchzer doth not fay 5 but 
he ncteth the Air to have been cxceflively Cold, and his 
Thcrmometrical Obfervations fhew it to have been fo 
fome time before, in, and after Chrifimus, And Dr* 
Uff in a Letter he honoured me with lately from Florence, 
faith, “ The Cold was there fo great, that for twenty 
“ Years pad they had not been lenlible of greater 5 it 
“ wanting on Twelfik^day but half a Degree of the Extre- 
“ miry. Their Twelfth’ day 1 reckon fell on December 26. 
0 . S: and confequcritly their fo eminently Freezing-day 
preceded ours about four Days. 
And as their Cold, fo by Dr. Scheuchzers Obfervati- 
ons, I find the Relaxation thereof preceded' ours a (hort 
time. For about the later end of December the Weather 
appears to have been milder, at lead lefs intenfely Cold 
with them. And fo was ours at the beginning of Jam- 
ary, about as many days after theirs, as their Cold prece- 
ded ours. 
Thus I have given one eminent Indance of what I 
found leder Examples frequently, as I run over Dr. Scheuch- 
lad Year*s Obfervations. But whether there may be 
any farther Reafons for any fuch Conclufions about the 
Influences of the Alpine Eminences and Colds upon far 
didant places, future Obfervations will I hope determine. 
But as to their Influences nearer home. Dr. Soheuchzer 
faith, Al^es fcecnnda mater furit^ ut Flumlnum & Nubium, 
ita quoque Nwis Phwi£, Credibile omnino eji, loca Ma^ 
ri, Alpibufque vicimora^ plus etiam experiri Pluvt£ pr£ remo» 
tioribus uliis, 
Tothefe Remarks I might add Dr. Scheuchzer'^s Obferva- 
tions of the Occurrences in each Month of what was enri- 
Giis as to Meteors, the State of Health and Difeafes, &e. 
aUo the increafe and decreafe of their Zurich River, the 
Limat, which (like other Rivers that have their Source 
inthe-^^pj) he puts beyond all doubt (in my Opinion) to 
receive 
