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inches fell in March and 10 in April. The average quantity fall-
ing after February is 18 inches.

Sleighing began Nov. 29, and has been uninterrupted.

The whole quantity of rain this winter (since Dec. 1) is 2.95
inches, being about half an inch more than the average quantity
during the winter months.

The coldest day this winter was Dec. 25, when the mercury was,
min. 20° max. 8° mean 6°.

The coldest moruing and lowest temperature was Jan. 30, 26°.
The warmest day of the winter was Jan. 4, when the mercury
recorded, min. 81° max. 44° mean 374°.

The highest temperature recorded during the winter was Feb.
17, 50°.

Range of temperature during the winter, 76°.

SCENERY IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE.

There is no doubt but the scenery of New-Hampshire is more
varied and beautiful thau can be found in any other State in the
Union.

The ocean scenery along her narrow coast of less than eighteen
miles, is pronounced the grandest on the western Atlantic shore.

The Hon. Edmund Burke, of Newport, when in Congress, more
than thirty years ago, while in debate, in defending New-Hamp-
shire against an attack from a southern member of Congress,
speaking of her natural scenery, blended with civilization, well and
eloquently said :    “    New-Hampshire is indeed throned among the

hills. She is the Switzerland of America. Her mountains point
high up among the clouds, where eagles take their flight and enjoy
unrestrained the freedom of the skies. ‘ She is a land

Of mountain and of flood,

Of green heath and shaggy wood.

Her cloud-capt hills, even in mid-summer, glisten with the frosts
and snows of winter. The terrific avalanche springs from her sum-
mitsand thunders down their sides. But she is a land of crystal
streams, of glassy lakes, embosomed amoug her hills, and of beau-
tiful valleys and meadows, dotted with neat and pretty villages,
teeming with fertility, the hum of industry and all the evidences of
wealth and prosperity. She has more of those noble temples of