122 BRITISH . CHAPTER IV . Theory of the Climate of . The temperature of the climate of , as well as that of the United States, is extremely vari¬ able, not only in regard to sudden transitions from hot to cold, and vice versa, but in respect to the difference between the climate of one colony or state, and that of another.* In remarking generally on the climate of , I consider the countries lying between 43° and 47° north as those to which the mean temperature of the different seasons more immediately applies. The natural climate of Prince Edward Island , Pictou, Truro in Nova Scotia , Fredrickton in New Brunswick , and Kingston in Canada , will not differ much from the following outline of the character and temperature of the seasons of . Countries to the south of those places have warmer atmospheres, while those to the north experience proportionably much more intense cold. * It is said of Pennsylvania , that it is a compound of all the countries in the world.