the circle of Weftphalia, and have re- ceived their names from their two principal cities.
The temperature of the air is nearly the fame in the greateft part of thefe provinces, and, except in the north of Jutland, is much milder than their fituation would incline one to believe, being rarely fubject to very long or rigorous cold. To comprehend this, it will be fufficient to remind the rea- der, of this general obfervation, that coun- tries furrounded with the fea, have their atmoſphere loaded with vapours continually exhaling from it, which break and blunt the nitrous particles of the air, and foften its rigours. When the ftraits and gulphs, which furround the Danish iflands, become frozen in very sharp winters, it is lefs ow- ing to the prevalence of the froft there, than to the large flakes of ice, which are driven by the winds out of the northern feas, and are there affembled and united. The fummer feafon commonly begins with the month of May, and continues till Oc- tober: and during its continuance, the beauty of the country, the freshnefs and fhortness of the nights, and the convenience of navigation in a country furrounded and croffed by the fea, eafily repair and make the inhabitants forget the languors and in- terruptions, which winter caufes in their business and amusements.
