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of 'December , the fame Winds ftill prevailing; but 
the South-weft was more ftormy. On December 
29th, there blew a Storm, firft from South-weft, and 
then from North-weft: But the Storm of January 
the 8th was much ftronger, which blew on the fame 
Points. The Summer of 1735. was colder, and 
wetter than the preceding Summer. 
This put me on recollecting what fort of Winter 
went before a dry Summer. In the Year 1731. the 
Summer was remarkably dry. I had not begun to 
keep a Journal of the Weather in the Year 1730. 
But I took fo much Notice of the'unufual Cold in 
April 1731. that I made the following Remarks. 
April 1. begins with peircing cold Winds at North- 
eaft, black Clouds, ftormy, very dry. 4th, 5th, fome 
Wind, Ice. 6th, 7th, 8 th, 9th, fame Wind. 9th, 
Snow, toth. The Harbour frozen over. If my 
Memory doth not fail me very much, it was in the 
Winter of the Year 1730. or the Beginning of 1731. 
that a Horfe was frozen to Death in Mofcow , as he 
flood in the Street. 
From hence I conclude, that a frofty Winter pro- 
duces a dry Summer; and a mild Winter a wet 
Summer. I am fenfibie, that thefe Conclufions arc 
drawn from (hort and imperfed Obfervations : But, 
fuppoling them to be true, I would be glad to know 
why thefe things are fo. 
I find from thefe and fome other Obfervations, 
which I have cafually made, that the Weather depends 
very much on the Wind. I fhall therefore begin 
with inquiring what is the Caufe of Winds, and then 
proceed to find out, as well as I can, why the Wind 
cloth influence the Weather. 
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