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MDCCLXXX
The GIFT of
E.A. Holyoke M.D. of Salem
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By whom this Manuscript was written I cannot find; all that I know relating to it, is, that it was captured in the course of the late War, by a Privateer belonging to this place, on board an English Ship bound to some port of America; & having accidentally fallen into my hands, is now presented to the Ame-rican Academy of Arts & Sciences, by one of its members, who always wishes to promote the interests of that useful Institution, & who is most respectfully the Society's very humble Servant E. A. Holyoke Salem {February} 1789.
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Nova Scotia
To judge the Climate of Nova Scotia by the latitudes, would lead any person into the most egregious mistakes. Between 44 & 50 degrees of Latitude in Europe, we find the most pleasant Countries;-but in Nova Scotia the case is very different. The Winter lasts seven months and is of a severity that is dreadfull to new comers. The deepest rivers are frozen over in one night, so as to bear loaded waggons. The snow lies in some places Ten feet deep, and upon level tracks, it has been known to be Six feet deep. The inhabitants are shut up in their houses, and exept in Towns
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