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perfectly agrees with that of our iailorS; 
as to the moon's fhining day and night, 
though it does not mention how long fhe 
continued fo* 
They further told me, that the aurora 
borealis was pretty frequent in winter, 
and greatly contributed to lelTen the 
gloominefs of fo long a night. 
One would imagine, that in a country 
fo near the Pole, where the heat in fum- 
mer is very moderate, though the fun 
fhines for fome months without inter- 
ruption, the cold mull: be very intenfe 
during the whole winter; but the facl is 
otherwife; for from about the middle of 
November to the beginning of January, 
a- period about which thefe good people 
fatisfied me, by defining it, in their ufual 
manner, by two holidays; namely, the 
beginning 
des Pays-Bas. Troifieme Voyage des Hollandoi* pat 
le Nord, p. 66, 67, 
