The Climate and Weather of North America

I REGRET not having seen the southern colonies, yet I am satisfied that in this part of the country and in the middle colonies there is field enough for new observations.The few Europeans who have traveled through these regions have, I hope, not been so impolite as to leave nothing for their successors,-and against discoveries on the part of the native-born Americans wo are assured for many years to come.Making money and procuring luxuries are still their sole aims, and the sciences are only cultivated with reference to these dominant ideas.The first and most striking comment of all travelers, not only in the northern but also in the southern half of America, may be summed up in this statement; that all the experience as to climate and weather acquired on the three old continents cannot be in the least applied to the new one.Cold has here the upper hand.As I, however, have only had a chance to see a very insignificant portion of the whole country,- namely, that along the coast from Delaware Bay to Rhod-Eyland and a small part of the adjoining provinces of Pennsylvania, East and West Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and Rhod-Ey!and,I must confino my remarks chiefly to this section.When we were first approaching the coast of New York,1 I foolishly flattered myself that I should find a mild, fertile, and agreeable climate, such as those countries in Europe enjoy which lie in the same latitude.