It is much colder in Winter than those parts of Europe, which ly under the same parallels of Latitude, The Alerations in the Thermometer, are very considerable, as great perhaps as in any part of the world: but the changes in the Barometer are not so great, the Mercury seldom descending so low as in Brittain. The changes of Heat & Cold pass through all the degrees of the Thermometer. I have observ'd the Cold so great, that the Spirit in Patrick's Thermometer, which is fixed to his portable Barometer, descended the space of 84 Gradations below all the Graduations marked on the Thermometer: at the same time, the Spirit in my Florentine Thermometer was included intirely within the Ball: But so great a degree of Cold happens seldom. The Peach & Quince trees were in many places killed byit, but the Apple & Pear trees are never hurt by the Cold. Hudson's River, so far as it is fresh ig froze every year, so as to bear Horses & Carriages... The Excesses in Heat & Cold seldom continue a week together, or more than two or three days. The greatest cold isin January, & Heat in July & August. Since the Country has been settled & Clear'd the Seasons are become more moderate.

The spring comes late, itis seldom sensible before April. This it is probable, is occasioned by great quantities of snow to the northward, which every where are cover'd from the Sun by thick Forests, & by melting slowly produces cold northerly winds. The spring being late of consequence is short, the succeeding warm weather produces a quick growth so that the