CLIMATE, SEASONS, ETC. 



1817. 



October 24. afterwards. What a stew a man would be in, in 

 England, if he had his grain lying about out of doors 

 in this way ! The cost of threshing and winnowing 

 60 bushels was 7 dollars, il. 1 15. 6d. English money 

 that is to say, 45. a quarter, or eight Winchester 

 bushels. But, then, the carting was next to nothing. 

 Therefore, though the labourers had a dollar a day 

 each, the expense, upon the whole, was not so great 

 as it would have been in England. So much does 

 the climate do ! 



25. Rain. A warm rain, like a fine June rain in England. 

 57 degrees in shade. The late frosts have killed, 

 or, at least, pinched the leaves of the trees ; and they 

 are now red, yellow, russet, brown, or of a dying 

 green. Never was any thing so beautiful as the 

 bright sun, shining through these fine lofty trees 

 upon the gay verdure beneath. 



26. Rain. Warm. 58 degrees in shade. This is the 

 general Indian Corn harvest. 



27. Rain. Warm. 58 degrees in shade. Put on coat, 

 black hat, and black shoes. 



28. Fine day. 56 degrees in shade. Pulled up a 

 Radish that weighed 12 pounds ! I say twelve, 

 and measured 2 feet 5 inches round. From com 

 mon English seed. 



29. Very fine indeed. 



30. Very fine and warm. 



31. Very fine. 54 degrees in shade. Gathered our 

 last lot of winter apples. 



Nov. i. Rain all the last night and all this day. 



2. Rain still. 54 degrees in shade. Warm. Things 

 grow well. The grass very fine and luxuriant. 



3. Very fine indeed. 56 in shade. Were it not for 

 the colour of the leaves of the trees, all would look 

 like June in England. 



4. Very, very fine. Never saw such pleasant weather. 

 Digging Potatoes. 



5. Same weather precisely. 



6. A little cloudy, but warm. 



7. Most beautiful weather ! 63 degrees in shade. 

 N.B. This is November. 



8. A little cloudy at night fall. 68 degrees in shade ; 

 that is to say, English Summer heat all but 7 degrees . 



9. Very fine. 

 10. Very fine. 



ix. .Very fine. When I got up this morning, I found the 

 thermometer hanging on the Locust trees, dripping 

 with dew, at 62 degrees. Left off my coat again. 

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