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17 79' mnft be in due proportion to the general ffcerility of the foil, 
of which it is probably the caufe. The firfl time we faw this 
country was in the beginning of May, 1779, when the whole 
face of it was covered with fnow, from fix to eight feet deep. 
On the 6th, we had fnow, with the wind from the North 
Eaft. On the 8th of May, at noon, the thermometer flood 
at 32 0 ; and, the fame day, fome of our men were fent on 
fir ore to try to cut wood ; but the fnow was flill fo deep on 
the ground, as to render all their attempts fruitlefs. Nor 
was it found practicable to proceed in this neceffary bufi- 
nefs, with all the efforts of a very flout party, till the 12th, 
at which time, the thaw began to advance gradually. The 
fides of the hills were now in fome places free from fnow ; 
and, by the beginning of June, it was generally melted from 
the low lands. On the 15th of June, the day we failed out of 
the harbour, the thermometer had never rifen higher than 
58°, nor the barometer than 30° 04/. The winds blew almofl 
invariably from the Eaftward during our ftay, and the 
South Eaft was more prevalent than any other. 
On our return, the 24th of Augufl, the foliage of the 
trees, and all other forts of vegetation, feemed to be in the 
utmoft flate of perfection. For the remainder of this month, 
and through September, the weather was very changeable, 
but in no refpeCt fevere. The winds, at the beginning of 
the month, w'ere, for the mofl part, Eaflerly, after which 
they got round to the Well. The greatefl height of the 
thermometer was 65°, the loweft 40°. The barometer’s 
greatefl height 30°; its lowefl 29, 3. So that, upon the 
whole, during this month, an equal and moderate degree of 
temperature prevailed. But at the beginning of OClober, 
the tops of the hills were again covered with new-fallen 
fnow, the wind continuing Weflerly. 
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