NotFromHere

A passage from the June 25, 1826 entry in Sir Walter Scott's journal:

Another melting day; thermometer at 78° even here. 80° was the height yesterday at Edinburgh. If we attempt any active proceeding we dissolve ourselves into a dew. We have lounged away the morning creeping about the place, sitting a great deal, and walking as little as might be on account of the heat.

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Scotland is pretty far north; Gulf Stream or no, it's never been a warm place, I guess. But...

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