16 CLIMATE, SEASONS, &C. [PART I. 



1817. 



May 13. Warm, fine day. Saw, in the garden, 

 lettuces, onions, carrots, and pars 

 nips, just come up out of the ground. 



14. Sharp, drying wind. People travel 

 with great coats, to be guarded 

 against the morning and evening air. 



1 5. Warm and fair. The farmers are 

 beginning to plant their Indian Corn. 



16. Dry wind, warm in the sun. Cherry 

 trees begin to come out in bloom. 

 The Oaks show no green yet. The 

 Sassafras in flower ; or whatever 

 else it is called. It resembles the 

 Elder flower a good deal. 



17. Dry wind. Warmer than yesterday. 

 An English April morning, that is 

 to say, a sharp April morning, and 

 a June day. 



18. Warm and fine. Grass pushes on. 

 Saw some Lucerne in a warm spot, 

 8 inches high. 



19. Rain all day. Grass grows apace. 

 People plant potatoes. 



20. Fine and warm. A good cow sells, 

 with a calf by her side, for 45 dol 

 lars. A steer, two years old, 20 dol 

 lars. A working ox, five years old, 

 40 dollars. 



21. Fine and warm day ; but the morn- 



