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"to affirm there are no people upon earth who I
"think can suffer greater extremities of Heat and
"Cold it is happy for us they are not of long duration

"No Idea of either the one or the other can be formed
"from our Latitude which on other Continents are
"found to be very desirable

"In summer the Thermometer hath been known
"to rise to 98 degrees and in Winter to fall to
"10 degrees.

"The weather perhaps is no where more variable
"with respect to heat and Cold than in Carolina
"the changes are frequent sudden and great but
"the decreases of heat are always greater and more
"sudden than its increases

"On the 10th January 1745 at two oclock in the
"afternoon the Thermometer was at 70 degrees but
"the next morning it was only at 15 degrees

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