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was found pleasant to keep tlie windows up 
during dinner time. This, however, was an 
unusual circumstance. 
In Maryland, before December was over, 
there were a few cold days, and during Janu¬ 
ary we had two or three different falls of 
snow; but for the most part the weather re¬ 
mained very mild until the latter end of Janu¬ 
ary, when a sharp north-west wind set in. 
The keenness of this wind in winter is prodigi¬ 
ous, and surpasses every thing of the kind 
which we have an idea of in England. When¬ 
ever it blows, during the winter months, a 
frost immediately takes place. In the course 
of three days, in the present instance, the 
Susquehannah and Delaware rivers were frozen 
over; a fall of snow took place, which remain¬ 
ed on the ground about two feet deep, and 
there was every appearance of a severe and te¬ 
dious winter. Before five days, however, were 
over, the wind again changed, and so sudden 
was the thaw that the snow disappeared en¬ 
tirely on the second day, and not a vestige of 
the frost was to be seen, excepting in the ri¬ 
vers, w here large pieces of ice remained float¬ 
ing about. 
It was about the middle of December when 
I reached Baltimore; but I was deterred from 
going on to Philadelphia, until the frosty 
weather should set in, by the badness of the 
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