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174 SECOND JOURNEY 'l'HROUGFI FRAN/CE IN 1814.has, providentially, thé power of accommodating ltself to uncougeniàlClimates to serve his uses! Thus Nature exceeds her promises!METEOROLOGICAL.-Cbristmas. Thermometer 57 in the shade, 10 inthe sun, 78 under reflexion. A t'T!amontane brings the quieksHverdoWnto 50; air bright and c1ear, and no sharpness; n.ot el1ougbtocheck pet...spiration. (December 6.)-The mllestral(t;n;j~;i~.the soùth wind) affêctsthe hygrometer (a piece of sponge weighil1 i gâl1 ôtfnce{when ·iC!triedrinquick-lime) very sfrongly. Sncb 1S théhurnidity tbis lyindr bHngs wiithit, that aH the timber-work, evel10f the rnost seasol1èd houses,is forcedto absorb it, to the materia] detriment of the buildings; lvindow-frarn.esespecially suftèr by it.-In respect'ofwHlds, whetebyclinlâteis·~fféétedhere seern.ingly tb a degreeof which our northetn latituHes éàn affotdno idea, the tramoniartehas· been aWêâdy tteàted of lvinl thenbtièe itdê1serves; probably this is the cliauftês of theclassical 'vrilers.of its growth. It is retarded and detêriorated, but byno meatlS destroyed.Thus we aré to infer that this staple of the staff of man's lifeThetîrial,or north-west, is a genîà:l wind; the 'iJent dè (Jrêc, or Lêvaût, ~êttstwind;) is rainy. 'rhe winds, itappears; have th:eirbtdiflàty denoininationsin an idiom totally disanalogous tb whàttheyhiâve with us.To dismiss tbe meteotologrcal subject,-the therrnorneter has been àslo\v aere as 20 of Fahrenheit, which is 6 helow 0 of ReaUmltr.CLIMATE.-January 1.Primroses in full blo\v-asb-tree in blossom-beetles fly-the daisy tribe i8 now in full hlow.'rhenat:uraHst may'hencejudge the state of the naturalherbage(which is here as yet littleadverted 10).-Thissubject, the effect ofseasbn and climate on ,regetation,merits further consiHeratiori being bestO\vedon it.February 26.-Goslins on the black sal1ow, and blossbms 'on theblack.:.thorn. In regard to foliation here, ash would growfreely wèreitduly attended to, althou'gh not to the size of that at Leix-castle in