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.A.TMoSPIIBRE.-LITHûLOGY.dry from t.he north.-January 7th, Some snow, which evaporated with­0Ut wetting the ground (the\yild rose keeps its verdure through aIl theseverity of winter); but it is hardly one ycar in ten that snow falls hereto whiten the gl'ound.-l?ebruary 5t.h, The green saHow blossomed ~.bees began to stil'; the house-fly reappeared.-On the first of Eebruarythe thermometer in the shade at mid-day was at tempel'ate of London.But on the preceding 26th of January the ice was five iuches and foursixthsof an inch thick, when the thaw commenced.Great electricity in(A dry frost.)air, indicated in the repulsion of silk, cracklingof hair, &c. On about fifteen hundred feet above sea-IeveJ,turfl1f.' (tou,rb(},) .moisturereadiltbe derivàtives"of granitethe sUl'face retards the trausudation ofHere is no granite; butdoes true schist presentitself; but an does. much ;-a bluefi'ee-stone flag, or sand free-stone, This Îs thepoorest of soiIs; and ranges of hillsofresinous tr·ibe affect. This is the worst of tract~much resembles parts of Berkshire, in its Iong..ledged,.slopes.the- treesSome of the countryThe rivel.'tract.i-s.composed of :flat meadow, of sandy composition, but the swellsare ferruginous graveLThe tamaris1\: is the common aquatlc of theditches. The quercus coceifel'a is the common tanning plant. Themeadow tract has a tendcllcy to rushes and turf; but aH is now bringingto the vineyardby the powerful aid of hand-labour, seventy-five men1