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July 3. The Corregoni have left the mouth of the river. 

 15th. Barley just corning into ear. Potatoes in 

 flower. The Lepus americanus having its second 

 litter of young. 31st. Raspberries ripening. 



Aug. 8. Red currants and blue berries ( Vaccinium) perfectly 

 ripe. 10th. Reindeer begin to rut. 19th. Barley 

 ripening. 29th. Peas quite ripe. 31st. The swal- 

 lows have disappeared. 



Sept. 2. Reindeer rutting season ends. On the 7th the leaves 

 of the birch and aspen change colour. 10th. Small 

 trout begin to spawn. 13th. Potatoes, cabbages, 

 turnips, and cauliflowers nipped by the frost. 14th. 

 A few ducks arriving from the north. 16th. The 

 first stock-ducks arrived from the north this au- 

 tumn. 20th. Small trout spawning abundantly 

 on the shoals. 23i*d. The orioles have departed 

 for the south. Canada geese arriving from the 

 north, and going southwards. 30th. Corregonus 

 lucidus begins to spawn in the rapids of the river. 



Oct. 6. The large trout begin to spawn in the lake at the 

 Shaguinah Islands; they cease on the 18th. Thun- 

 der. 7th. Leaves of the birch and aspen falling. 

 10th. The Corregonus lucidus has ceased spawning 

 on the rapids. 14th. Thunder. Anser hyperboreus 

 arriving from the north. 15th. Passing in large 

 flocks. 20th. Hail, thunder, and lightning. Plovers, 

 divers, snipes, orioles, geese, and ducks in the 

 neighbourhood. On the 31st, snow-birds began to 

 arrive from the north. 



Nov. 3. The small lakes frozen over. On the 9th, the river 

 (Karnenistikwoya) covered by a sheet of ice, which 

 broke up again. 21st. The spawning season of 

 the Corregonus albus terminates. 



Dec. 1. Ice driving about in the lake with the wind. On 

 the 17th, the bay was frozen across to the Welcome 

 Islands. 



