s 4 6 PREFACE, 
leaf, becaufe i happened then firft to obferve 
them, or they might be in thofe ftates fome time 
before in fome place where i happened not to 
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2. 1 wanted fuch a guide as the ingenious author 
of the Swedifh Calendar. My oblervations then 
perhaps might have been lefs unworthy of the 
public, as they would have been better directed 
to a particular purpofe *, but now the reader muft 
expedt to find in it all the imperfections that ge- 
nerally accompany firft attempts of any kind. 
3. I have caufed all the prognostic plants, 
which are mentioned in my Calendar, to be 
printed in large letters as in the Swedifh. The 
other marks i fhall explain in a page by itfelf, 
for the more eafy recurring jto it. 
4. Thefe two Calendars would perhaps upon 
comparifon have furnifhed me with fome obfer- 
vations, had i been able to find time fufficient 
for that purpofe •, but a ftrong defire to commu- 
nicate them to the public early in the year, that 
others might be induced to keep journals of th§ 
fame kind, determined me to fend them out 
in this naked condition *, and the more fo, as i 
am aftured on very good authority, that fuch 
journals will be kept in Sweden, Germany, Italy, 
and France, the next year ; and i think it would 
be pity, that an opportunity fhould be loft of 
making fo curious a comparifon between thefe 
different climates, and which perhaps may not 
occur again, or at leaf! not for many years* 
5. The obfervations on heat and cold were 
made with a thermometer, marked in a way pe- 
culiar to myfelf. The degrees are thofe of Fa- 
renheit, which i chofe as being in common ufe, 
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