CHAP I.] CLIMATE, SEASONS, &C. 15 



come to treat of my own actual experience of 

 it. 1 do not like, in these cases, general descrip. 

 tiom. Indeed, they must be very imperfect; 

 and, therefore, I will just give a copy of a Journal^ 

 kept by myself, from the 5th of May, 1817, to 

 the 20th of April, 1818. This, it appears to me, 

 is the best way of proceeding ; for, then, there 

 can be no deception ; and, therefore, I insert it 

 as follows. 

 1317. 



May 5. Landed at New York. 



6. Went over to Long Island. Very 

 fine day, warm as May in England. 

 The Peach-trees going out of bloom. 

 Plum trees in full bloom. 



7. Cold, sharp, East wind, just like 

 that which makes the old de 

 bauchees in London shiver and 

 shake. 



8. A little frost in the night, and a 

 warm day. 



9. Cold in the shade and hot in the 

 sun. 



10. The weather has been dry for some 

 time. The grass is only beginning 

 to grpw a little. 



11. Heavy thunder and rain in the night, 

 and all this day. 



12. Rain till noon. Then warm and 

 beautiful. 



