CLIMATE. 
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is in the lower parts of the southern states, 
where the air is moist, when the thermometer 
stands perhaps at 90°, that is, supposing the 
wind to be in the same quarter in both places. 
In speaking of Virginia I have taken notice of 
the great difference that is found between the 
climate of the mountains and the climate of 
the low country in that state. The case is the 
same in every other part of the country. From 
the mountains in New England, along the 
different ridges which run through New York, 
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and the 
southern states, even to the extremity of 
Georgia, the heat is never found very oppres¬ 
sive ; whilst as far north as Pennsylvania and 
New York, the heat in the low parts of the 
country, between the mountains, and the ocean, 
is frequently intolerable. 
In the course of the few days that I have 
spent in Philadelphia, during this month, the 
thermometer has risen repeatedly to 86°, and 
for two or three days it stood at 93°. During 
these days no one stirred out of doors that was 
not compelled to do so ; those that could make 
it convenient with their business always walk¬ 
ed with umbrellas to shade them from the 
sun ; light white hats were universally worn, 
and the young men appeared dressed in cotton 
or linen jackets and trowsers ; every gleam of 
sunshine seemed to be considered as baneful 
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