Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser., 1803-01-10

a WITCH Is c.ttrlbmaa
the city from fountains ersaes s'lo N
principle iquares but The wat.- !" 'ae
commonly drank is rain water 81, n10't
n 'arge oiRerns, and which, in dr~ 1'ea
lons, becomes Of courfe, unuhol.5ce~ ,e~-
The average degree Of fummer I
on low grounds, thote Of III. H.v,At "SAt
icr inltancc, is from 50 20 S4 d.era'.' ''4'
i very ieidom rife' higher than Al
s0 degrees y o'
The winter degrees (for there !.
very little Of au,umnal and vrrual -
feua) are from 65 30 10. se,er knsr.
the mercury TO fAII below az. ~.
hot months may be reckoned irom M
It Of April to the LIT or December
the rema'eing months being proDerlv
termed temperate: but the iealons i
on our continent, bave, in that refoea
of la'e years, coniderabiy vailed.
The epidemical difeafe fthe fever of
the climate, commonly called The r.l
low feverl is confined almofi en1irely
to The towns on the lca-5oari. Ite.n
orally begins to prevail with moR yio
lcnce about the beginning Of July, and
continues thro' November. As in ,l
warm climates, it af.ds trangers mon
iy; but during the paa feafon, it exillcd
alfo greatly among the natives. h;e
certainly increaled in time of war, fror,
the additional number Of ftrangers. r.,
and land forces But Of its locas,,
| never. dur ng three years reGderce
had A5ado1v Of doubt If had
had any at fra, they would have bee,
diHpated by a lhouland conyipcing
proofs which occurred. 1t never wac
denied, in my conversations with II.
intelligent and liberal minded natives
; They invariably fpoke Of the dIleaft a.
we do Of the fmall pox, nleah.s, &c a;
one with which they NUT naturally Be-
Infected at leaf once ia tbtir Hves The
/, celebrated Ximens known throughout
Spanilh Anerics,) when lie attended
me at ihe Havasnd, in The funmer of
1900, told mc | was attz!ked BY he
fever Of the county, termed he yelo7O
fever and, in repeated convtrfatops.
clearly and dillih6ly explained i a;
originating in The country, and not from
any foreign, but from p ftive ksol
caufes On my laf return to the Ha-
wanna, be had iet out on raves thro'
SPaniih America, BY command, and in
the employ Of his majelly, to make
ufeful diicovefies in thai resion {
thould otherwte have obtained from
him a ftatemebt, in writing. Of bis
opinions. and Of faas whica lie had
collected and efabliaed. l Oil hers.
however, TO procure tiTem. The pautity'
of other fcientiGc characters ia tha:
qcarter is two gererAliy known to be
here further allsrted.
The ravages which the yellow fever
particularly made. Of late years. among
The American framvn and other vG-
tants at the Hava1na, were occaiioned
by their fa:isuins labors under the con
tinu4l beat-ihe unf4voTab,e liJuation
OF the hv59r for coolnefs- their expoliag
themiefves, after fu. b heating, to tie
night airs ani dews-lcd to their in.
temperate living
In ,hofc warm laritudes, toe fs
breeze, or trad- 7yiqd, fets in every dT
about ter o'clock. A NJ. continuing nll
near funlet; !, when the land breeze, as
invariably commences, and, continuing
till about ieven in the morning, rem
ders The night cool hence The hOltsa'
pant of the twenty four hours, is dur
ing the oeHation of both winds. from
feven TO ten in the forenoon.
The rainy teafon commences gepstsF
ly about the middle Of May, in the
upland country, over the centre of the
ifland, and at the Segining or middle
OF June in the low country, and con-
tinues ione years 10 the end ofOf. ;
bot il has, of The late years, varied
much as to its commencement. Ihc
rains iet in daily, during the feaion'
about two O'clock p 4. defend il tor
rents, and often accompanied hy p:
moli awful and continual halhes q
lightning. and peals Of thunder. Ihcy
fail in repeated howers, and in iueh
great quantities, that | have known
the ilreets and pubic fquares, 10 inc
fpace Of thirty minutes, TO have been
rendered nearly impafA5le. The 10
tenfe heat which Immediately iuceeeeS
thofe ihowers, and continuing geneTalY
for the fpace Of half an hour, I'LL a new
o111 rx1er or ic rnllnlQinr. often renders