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Rh and Ditempers of the Breat, they know nothing here of the many other Dieaes with which other Countries are plagued; and thee Pectoral Infimities are not o much the Effects of the exceive Cold, as of that naty foggih Weather, which this Country is very much ubject to; which I impute to the vat Quantity of Ice that covers the Land, and drives in the Sea. From the Beginning of April to the End of July is the foggih Seaon, and from that time the Fog daily decreaes. But as in the Summer Time they are troubled with the Fog, o in the Winter Seaon they are likewie plagued with the Vapour called which when the Cold is exceive, ries out of the Sea as the Smoak out of a Chimney, and is as thick as the thicket Mit, epecially in the Bays, where there is any Opening in the ice. 'Tis very remarkable, that this Frot, Damp, or Smoak, if you come near it, will inge the very Skin of your Face and Hands; but whe you are in it, you find no uch piercing or inging Sharpnes, but warm and oft; only it