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52 Wet and North. The Country would be exceeding pleaant and heathful in if it was not for the heavy Fogs that annoy it, epecially near the  For it is as warm here as any where, when the Air is erene and clear, which happens when the Wind blows Eaterly; and ometimes it is o hot, that the  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 ettled Weather, and warm Days, as one could wih, without any Rain. The length of the Summer is from the latter End of May to the midt of September; all the remaining Part of the Yer is Winter, which is tolerable in the Latitude of 64 Degrees, but to the Northward in 68 Degrees and above, the Cold is o exceive, that even the mot pirituous Liquors, as French Brandy, will freeze near the At the End of Augut the Sea is all covered with