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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877 edition. Excerpt: ...heat from the interior when it blows from that quarter, and, what appears almost paradoxical, the wind in winter from the same quarter should be the cold one, which, however, is easily accounted for, as the mountains in that direction are sufficiently elevated to be covered with sleet or snow. The quantity of rain that falls is by no means equal to the powerful evaporation of the solar rays, independent of the quantity required for the soil, which is also of that consistency as to require almost constant moisture. In the year 1823 fell 35 inches of rain, and last year only about 19 inches, which is said to be about the average quantity which falls in Paris, and the former about the medium of the west coast of Scotland and Ireland. Every one acquainted with the nature of this country and its pastoral properties must be sensible how inadequate this quantity of moisture is for the useful wants of Nature, as, were it not for the excessive dews, the country must be totally burnt up. March 31st, Thursday. The caterpillar is spreading destruction throughout the whole of the country; not a part on this side of the mountains that is not infested by them. As far as the Five Islands their ravages are experienced. They do not leave so much as a solitary blade of grass standing. Howe's Express. July 18th, Monday. In the alleged scarcity of wheat it is very gratifying to observe that our crop of potatoes, which is now being gathered in, far excels, both in quantity and quality, what we usually witness in this Colony. We suppose their excellence is owing to the moist and temperate weather, and to the unusual lateness for which the autumn has been remarkable. Be this, however, as it may, the existing abundance of this valuable vegetable is a circumstance...