Vegetable StaUcks. 8 1 
“ But before I proceed to give a farther 
<c account of the weather, I fhall offer you 
“ my thoughts upon the reafon of this Ve« 
<c getation fo early, whilft the cold was fo 
“ intenfe with you. Firft it is to be obferv- 
ed that our ftorms of Snow at that feafon 
€C came on before the Froft had entered the 
“ ground , fo that the Snow kept the ground 
€C warm and fecure from the Froft, which 
only crufted the top of the fnow : Du- 
“ ring this feafon the wind blew from the 
<c Eaft, which coming off the fea, (from 
“ which we are but eight miles diftant) was 
“ not attended with fo much cold as if it 
“ had blown over the land, which was 
“ covered with Snow, where there is no 
“ fea for two hundred miles. Till the 5th 
“ of February we enjoyed this weather 5 at 
“ which time we had a violent Snow with 
u a ftorm from the South-well, and the 
“ Froft having entered the ground before it 
“ fell, checked our early flowers from ap~ 
ic pearing : During this Snow, which con- 
<c tinued moft part of February , we had a 
“ great deal of fun-lliine, which contribute 
c< ed very much to our early crops of C11- 
<e cumbers and Melons ; but during the 
“ nights it froze very hard, which deftroyed 
G “ great 
