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Show TRAVELS TIJRO UG£1 NORTII .AM F.H.ICA: (6•. t wns m ntioncd ns ;t fin ~ ul t r cir umfl.tncc, that in 1789 t1c thcnnomcter never roil: hig,her than 9c". or the OPilrdliun t 1t at ·IS j'c1 t JrI 'Oll1 t l1 t.: Jrl l111l11Cr 11 C<lL~~- 'I1 1 mcr1C<l, no :.1C'Cl1L1te id ,l can be f >rmni \\ ithout kilO\ ing th 'c., act fbtc.; of he h ) grmn..:tc.;r as well ns the height of the thennorm.tcr. Th.c moifl ure f' the air \at ic very I lll h in dificrent p.uts of thl' COLlntry; It aJfo V:t ·ic~ in all! arts wi h the.; winds; and it is furpriftng to find wh·t t a nH.JC:1. r·:H r degr ·of hlat can b.: borne without in onvcnicn ·c \vhc.;n the ;ur 1s ~Jry tlnn ... when it i•· moi!l. In I' cw Engbnd, in a remarhtbly dry air, the he.tt is not found more infupp rt<thk when the thermometer tbnch nt 1 oc/, than it is in tnc lower parts of the fouthcrn flates, where thc <tir is mod1 , wh n the thermometer fhnJs pcrh:tps at c;o", th,tt i ·, 1uppoftng the" i11 I to be in the Cum.: quartc.;r in hot!t places. In fjy·aking of Vtn,ini.t 1 hav~ t.1k<.:n notice.: of the 'T ·at diffcrcncc that is f(mml bctwc.;cn the climnte of them utt ,lin :tthl the.: climate of the low country in that fl.ttc. Thc c; 1t: is the f:tn e in every othl'r part of the collnrry. I• rom the mountains in New Et1glaml, along the di!ll.:n.:nt ridges which run through New Yurl-, New Jedcy, l'c.;nnfylv.tni,t, M<tryl.tnJ, and the fouthcrn ilatcs, cvcn to the extremity of Gcorgi·t, the heat is ncvc.r found vcryopprc -li \e; whilf1 as f,tr north as Pcnnfylva!l i·t and New Yor!-, the heat i11 the.: low parts of the country, bctw en the mount.1 in and tlw ocenn, is fr..:qucntly intolerable. In the courk ofth.: tcw d ay~: that I bavc fp cn t in PhiLHI lph;a during this month, the thermometer h:1s rifcn repeatedly to 86" nnd fl)r two or thm.: day~ it floo l at 93". During thcfc dnys no one fl:irrec.l out or doors that was not ·ompc.lled to <1> fo; tho[~.: that ould m::tl~c it convenient with their bufincfs alwa) s walked \ ith umbn:llas to ILtde them from the fnn; li2ht ;hitc bab wen: univ ri:tlly worn, and the young men appv11 ·d dreff,d in (IJltnn r limn jatk ts aml lrO\v(er ; i c.;ve1y glc. m of funfl itlC ftcmcd to bt. con1· tkn d a. Jnnt: · ,1 and dcilruc ivc; the wi tdo v {huttcrs of each houf~ were d<,f\:d early in the mornt11:~, !o as to :~d111it no mor · light than wlnt was abf\1ltlt' ly ncccff~, y j;;r dotncflic bufi 1-.:f ; many of he houf(;3, imb .. d, were ~p io dar·, ch:tt on goi 1g it1to th "'m. from th~ ftn.ct, it was iml> ihblc at :fidl: cntrauu.: to p rc i\ c who w:lS prdLn t. GENERAL USE OF ICE. prcfcnt. The bcil: houfes in the ity arc furni(ltc,l with V cncti· 11 blinds, at the outlidc, to the windows and hall door. , which arc made to .{; ld together like common window {hutters. \VI ere.; they 1 acl thcf<.: tl ·y conll:antly kept thern lofed, and the windows and doors wcr left open behind them to admit air. A very dincrent fcenc wa 1 rc(cnted in the city as foon :1 the fun was .[( t; every houfc ' 'a'> then thrown open, nnd the inhabita nts all crowd ~· d into the..: fl.rcets t take their cvcnjng walks, ~nd vifit their acquaintance. It appeared every night as if i(mH: grand !j)ccbclc '·as to he cxl ibited, for not a il.reet or alley w:ts thac but lut was in a fl:tte f commotion. This vnried kent; u[ually lall:cd till about ten o'clocl·; :ll eleven there is no ity in the world, perhaps, f() quiet all the ye;tr round; at that hour you may walk over half the town without feeing the face of a human being, XlCf t the watchmen . V cry heavy dews fomctimes f<tll after thdl.: hot Jays, as foon as the fun is down, and the nights ar(; then .f<;und very coid, a.t other times there arc no dews, and the air rcnuins hot all the night throu gh. For days together itJ Philadelphia, the thermometer has been ob[~rved never to !Je lower th an So" during any part of the twenty-four hour . I obfcrve now that rneat can never be k 'pt, but Jll an i ·c houfe or a remarkable cold cellar, for one day, without being tainted . Milk gen rally tums fom in the courfe of one or two hour after it comes from the cow. Fi01 is never brought to market without being coverc I with lumps of ice, and notwithflanding that care, it frcquently lnppcns that it is not fit to be cat. Butter i brought to market likcwill.: in ice, whi ·h they generally h ,tvc in great plenty at every farm houre; indeed i.t is almoll: nJi I re as a ncccJhry of life in th fc low parts of th country. Po dtry intended for dinn<.:r is never killed ti1I about four hours bcforc the time it is vantcd, :mel then it is kept i1nmerfcd in water, without whi h r rc ; utiol it \VOIIhl be tnintcd. Nutwithflanding all this, I have been told, th :tt wne I tu flay in PhiladL'iphia till the 1.ttter end of July or beginning of Augnft, I flto dd find the hqt much wr intolerable than it ha[) been ltithcrto. 1\fo!l of the other lnrgc.; fca pot towm, fou 1 of Philadl'lp 1ia, arc c :ruaily bot aml difagrceabk in fnmmcr; :wd 13:tl imorc, NorfcJlk, :lll 1 fome uth rs, Lvcn more ft). lf The I |