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able, as are thofe alfo of the weft and north-weft. The eaft and 
north-eaft winds are in general warm in fpring, becaufe thofe 
winds, after crofting the White Sea, traverfe more than thirty 
Svvedifli miles of land, covered with woods and morafles, warmed 
by the influence of the fun and of vegetation. But in the au¬ 
tumn the fame winds, after .the marfhes are frozen, are very cold. 
The frofts of the night during the fummer come on towards 
the end of Auguft, and fometimes even in July, as the froft in 
1795 , which was very fevere on the 25th of July, and fpoiled 
all the legumens and the more delicate culinary vegetables. 
Notwithftanding the coldnefs of the climate the animals thrive 
very well, and vegetation is more rapid here than in any other 
place. There are inftances of grain having been fown and reaped 
in the fpace of fix weeks. The principal caufe of this pheno¬ 
menon is the fine nights, or rather the continual prefence of the 
fun. 
Mr. Julin, whofe name 1 fliall have occafion to mention in the 
following pages, communicated to me fome interefting obfer- 
vations on the climate of Uleaborg, which I think will not be 
deemed unworthy of a place at the end of this chapter. 
Some 
