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Baltimore, Norfolk, and some others,, even 
more so. 
The winds in every part of the country 
make a prodigious difference in the tempe¬ 
rature of the air. When the north-west wind 
blows, the heat is always found more tolerable 
than with any other, although the thermome¬ 
ter should be at the same height. This wind 
is uncommonly dry, and brings with it fresh 
animation and vigour to every living thing. 
Although this wind is so very piercing in 
winter, yet I think the people never complain 
so much of cold as when the north-east wind 
blows ; for my own part I never found the air 
so agreeable, let the season of the year be what 
it would, as with the north-west wind. The 
north-east wind is also cold, but it renders the 
air raw and damp. That from the south¬ 
east is damp but warm. Rain or snow usually 
falls when the wind comes from any point 
towards the east. The south-west wind, like 
the north-west, is dry; but it is attended 
generally with warm weather. When in a 
southerly point, gusts, as they are called, that 
is, storms attended with thunder, lightning, 
haib and rain, are common. 
It is a matter of no difficulty to account 
for these various effects of the wind in Ame- 
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rica. The north-west wind, from coming 
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