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white wine vinegar ; for at the same time that 
it possessed equal acidity, it had a more deli¬ 
cious flavour. - 
Good table beer may likewise be made front 
the sap, which many would mistake for malt 
liquor. 
If distilled, the sap affords a very fine spirit, 
The air of Lower Canada is extremely pure, 
and the climate is deemed uncommonly salu¬ 
brious, except only in the western parts of the 
province, high up the River St. Lawrence, 
where, as is the case in almost every part of 
the United States south of New England, 
tween the ocean and the mountains, the inha¬ 
bitants suffer to a great degree from intermit¬ 
tent fevers. From Montreal downwards, the 
climate resembles verv much that of the states 
of New England; the, people live to a good 
old age, and intennitterits are quite unknown. 
This great difference in the healthiness of. 
the two parts of the province must be attri¬ 
buted to the different aspects of the country ; 
to the east. Lower Canada,' like New Eng¬ 
land, is mountainous, but to the west it is an 
extended fiat. 
The extremes of heat and cold in Canada 
are amazing ; in the month of July and 
August the thermometer, according to Fahren¬ 
heit, is often known to rise to 96°, yet a winter 
scarcely passes over but even the mercury itself 
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