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Meteorological Observations. 45 
Observations on the flowering of swe ripening of fruits, 
gc. in the past yea 
Ses etee Day so warm that snakes are seen by sev- 
eral different persons. 6th. Grass as fresh asin May, anda 
multiflora rose, trained on the north side cf my house, put- 
ting forth leaves, 7th. Wild geese seen to-day, a circum- 
stance very uncommon at this season of the year. 9th. Fre- 
quent and heavy rains caused the Ohio river to rise on the 
6th, and by the 9th the water was eight feet deep over the 
low bottom lands; began to fall on the 10th, doing much 
damage to the fences, stacks of hay, corn, &c. 12th. Vegeta- 
tion rapid, peas planted in November two or three inches 
high—the larva of insects seen in motion in pools of stag- 
nant water. 25th. Small sheets of floating ice in the Ohio 
for three days, but none in the Muskingum all winter—steam 
boat navigation g thro the season. 27th. Hea 
gale of wind, commencing at 4 P. M. preceded by a rainy 
night ; continued for ten hours, with violent gusts from the 
west; clouds, light, white, fleecy cumuli; full moon at 9. 
The same gale did great damage on Lake Erie, to shipping, 
property, &c. with the loss of several lives. 
February.—Iist. Honey bee at work, and returns with its 
thighs loaded with farina. 4th. Buds of the peach tree 
nearly swelled. 6th. Peach trees in bloom at Burlington, 
Lawrence county, being the most southerly bend of the nod 
river bordering this state. 8th. White maple in bloom. 
Elm in bloom, on the a of the Ohio; crocus and ried 
drop in bloom in the ga 
March,—6th. Somme fi robin heard to-day. 8th. Black- 
bird seen. 9th. Peewe first heard. 10th. Smart shock of 
an earthquake felt at half past 10 last night. 11th. Some 
peach trees in bloom. 12th. Blue damison in ae 13th. 
Peas planted the 23d of last month, in open ground, now u 
17th. cerastium vulg. in full bloom. 18th. duper maple 
putting forth leaves, quite green ; peach trees in full bloom. 
20th. Sambucus opening its leaves, quite green. 2Ist..Crown 
imperial in bloom, in my garden. 23d. Spee. 
and June berry in bloom, in the woods. Golden beuré 
and brown beuré, pear in bloom ; Erythe f Paar or dog’s 
tooth violet in bloom; dodecatheon, ready to blow. 28th. 
Cornus florida and red bud, or Judas tree, pars their 
blossoms. 
