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then by thefe means, as in Winter, and efpedally in a 
very told Day. But thefe Things by the by. 
Degree of the Froji In Scotland and Ireland* 
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But notwithftanding the Frofl: was Ib extreamly rigo- 
rous in the Southern Parts of our Ifle, yer the Northern 
lelt little thereof 5 as I have been certified by Perlbnsthat 
have come from thence, as well as by feveral Letters my 
Friends have received from thence. My Ingenious and 
Learned Friend Dr. Shane writes to me in general, That 
he hath received many Informations from thofe Farts, 
which do all agree. that the Winter was no way extream- 
ly Cold there, but as other Winters. And as to Particu^ 
lars, the two following Letters from two eminent Perfons % 
in thofe Parts, to my Ingenious and Learned Friend 
Dr. Woodtvardy will give an A<.count. One is from the 
Right Reverend and very Learn d Lord Bilhop of Carlijle^ 
dated from Rofey ISIovemher 5 . 1709 . “ In January lafl: 
(faith he) I had a fufficient occafinn to take notice of 
“ the Froft and Colds being more inrenfe in the Southern 
“ Parts than here, and the Snow much thicker. I be- 
“ gan my .London-]ourncy on the 76th of that Month, 
“ three days_before the Thaw, and can alTure you that 
“ for feveral Miles (near the Banks of the River Eden^ 
“ in both the Counties of Ounberland and IVeJl norland') 
“ my Horfes hardly ever trod upon Snow. When we 
came to Stammoor^ on the C .»nfines of ICorkfnre^ we 
“ found the Ground covered pretry tinck, and the deep- 
“ er (fill the farther we came to the South. None of our 
Rivers or Lakes vvererrozen over ^ and the extraordi- 
“ nary Flocks of Swans that refor ted hither ('noihing of 
“ the like having been feen by the elded Man living} was 
“ a fare Argument that the Temperature of Climates 
was ftrangely inverted. Thus far that Right Reve- 
'fcnd Member of this llluftrious Society. 
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