If Beer or
Water be left even in Copper Pots by the Bed-side, the Pots will be
split before Morning. Bottles of strong Beer, Brandy, strong Brine,
Spirits of Wine, set out in the open Air for 3 or 4 Hours, freeze to
solid Ice. The Frost is never out of the Ground, how deep is not
certain; but on digging 10 or 12 Feet down in the two Summer Months,
it has been found hard frozen.
All the Water they use for Cooking, Brewing, _&c._ is melted
Snow and Ice; no Spring is yet found free from freezing, tho' dug
ever so deep down. -- All Waters inland, are frozen fast by the
Beginning of _October_, and continue so to the Middle of _May._
The Walls of the Houses are of Stone, two Feet thick; the
Windows very small, with thick wooden Shutters, which are close shut
18 Hours every Day in Winter. In the Cellars they put their Wines,
Brandies, _&c._ Four large Fires are made every Day, in great Stoves
to warm the Rooms: As soon as the Wood is burnt down to a Coal, the
Tops of the Chimnies are close stopped, with an Iron Cover; this
keeps the Heat in, but almost stifles the People. And
notwithstanding this, in 4 or 5 Hours after the Fire is out, the
Inside of the Walls and Bed-places will be 2 or 3 Inches thick with
Ice, which is every Morning cut away with a Hatchet.
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