1804.]. State of the Weather in Greenland and Terra Labrador. AQ 
ly even warm. On the whole, the Miffion- 
aries had never before enjoyed fo mild a 
winter in Greenland.—(In Europe, on 
the contrary, this winter was extraordi- 
narily fevere.). The 24th and 25th of 
June were diltinguifhed by almoft conti- 
nual ftorms, with vivid flafhes of light- 
ning and very loud claps of thunder.— 
As this is very unufual in that country, 
(for,~ at leaft in North Greenland, the 
lightning is generally feen without hearing 
any accompanying clap of thunder,) the 
Greenlanders were very much terrified, 
and remained in their tents. On the 7th 
of July, there was likewife a violent ftorm 
at New Herrnhut, where the clap fre- 
quently immediately fucceeded’ the flath, 
with a moi dreadful repercuffion among 
the high mountains, from which large 
fragments of rock were precipitated into 
the fea. | 
In Labrador, there was finer weather 
during the whole of the Jatter half of Ja- 
nuary, than the oldeft mhabitant in Nain 
remembered to have féen at this feafon of 
the year: every day, fun-fhine, without 
wind, and the cold very moderate. In the 
night of the 4th and sthof Augutt, there 
was a-very violent thunder-ftorm, accom- 
panied with much rain. 
1796.—On the 14th‘of June, the Mil- 
fionaries at Lichtenfels finilhed their 
{pring-work in the garden ; while on the 
oythde of the garden-wall the fnow ftill 
lay fome fathoms deep. At New Herrn- 
hut they had already, onthe 27th of May, 
fown a part of their garden with turnips. 
But this crop was: afterwards entirely de- 
ftroyed by the feverity of the. froft; fo 
that they had todo this work over again 
about the middle of June. Towards the 
end of- July, the weather was fo warm at 
Lichtenau, and the flies fo numerous, 
that it was almoft impoilible to remain 
out of doors, and it was found neceflury 
to keep the theep all day undercover. In 
the middle of Auguft, there was at Lich- 
tenau a ftorm, with fnow and rain, and 
then they heard the thunder, but could 
not fee any lightning. On the roth of 
November, the air was fo denfe, without, 
however, cither fnow.oy rain, that the 
morning-fervice and the fchool could not 
be attended. About noon it was ftill fo - 
dark, that the Miffionaries were obliged 
to have a lamp buriing on. the table at 
dinner. . About the end of November, the 
weather was very mild at New Herrnhut, 
with much rain, as in {pring. The fnow 
began to decreale, and the rivulets to flow. 
in their ufual channels. On the rath of 
December, the air was as warm at New 
Herrnhut, as if it had come out of an 
oven. The inhabitants confidered this as 
the forerunner of a ftorm, which accord- 
ingly foon after fuddenly arofe, and raged 
with fuch violence and impetuofity, that 
the houfé of the Miflionaries was fhaken 
to the foundation. 
In Labrador, the cold was extraordina- 
rily fevere during the whole of January, 
and the thermometer of Fahrenheit gene-' 
rally flood at betwixt -—— 15 and — 28 
degrees. Towards the end of July, the 
heat became almof intolerable. The 
thermometer rofe to + 85degrees. At 
the end of Auguft, the fummer fuddenly 
clofed with a violent thunder-ftorm., The 
weather, however, became changeable 
again in September, and continued Jo till 
the month of December. 
1797-—-About the beginning of April, 
the thermometer was twenty degrees be- 
low the freezing-point. On the 2d of 
Auguft,, there was-a violent thunder- 
ftorm at Lichtenfels, accompanied with 
much rain; and the {ky was fo ob{cured, 
that ihe Miffionaries were obliged to ufe a 
lamp at noon. About the beginning of 
September, the fevere frofts at night 
obliged the Miffionaries to haiten the har- 
vetting of the produce of their garden,— 
Befides the ufual crops, turnips and cole, 
they had planted fome potatoes, which 
grew larger this time than thofe they had 
tried before. Thecaptain of an Englifh 
fhip had. furnifhed them with a {mall 
quantity of this root, which is a great 
rarity there. Two of them they fet ina 
pot placed in the warm room, where they 
grew till the weather permitted their be- 
ing tranfplanted into the garden. The 
produce was eighty-feven potatoes, the 
largelt of which were of the fize of a hen’s 
egg. 7 
In Labrador, the cold was fo fevere 
in January, that at Okkak the thermo- 
meter ftood at —- 36 degrees of Fahren- 
heit, and continued fo during the whole of 
the month of February. In this moft north- 
erly place the heat, was likewife greater 
this year ; the thermometer rifing as high 
as -+ 76 degrees of Fahrenheit. 
1798.—In Greenland, the winter of 
1798-9 was very mild, and not. diftin- 
guifhed by much ftormy weather. . But in 
June 1798, there was frequently much 
boifterous and cold weather, accompanied 
with fnow. Even in the mof foutherly 
community, Lichteriau, it {mowed on the 
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