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The Natural Hiſtory
Weſt and North. The Country would be exceeding pleaſant and heathful in Summer-Time, if it was not for the heavy Fogs that annoy it, eſpecially near the Sea-Coaſt. For it is as warm here as any where, when the Air is ſerene and clear, which happens when the Wind blows Eaſterly; and ſometimes it is ſo hot, that the Salt made of Sea-Water by the Heat of the Sun.Sea-Water, which after the Ebbing of the Sea has remained in the hollow Places of the Rocks, has often, before Night, by the Heat of the Sun, been found coagulated into a fine white Salt. I can remember, that once, for three Months together, we had as fair ſettled Weather, and warm Sun-ſhine Days, as one could wiſh, without any Rain. The length of the Summer is from the latter End of May to the midſt of September; all the remaining Part of the Yer is Winter, which is tolerable in the Latitude of 64 Degrees,The Cold exceſſive to the North in 68 Degrees. but to the Northward in 68 Degrees and above, the Cold is ſo exceſſive, that even the moſt ſpirituous Liquors, as French Brandy, will freeze near the Fire-Side. At the End of Auguſt the Sea is all covered
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