CHAP. I.] CLIMATE, SEASONS, &e. 25 



1817. 



July 1. Fine day. Bought 20 bushels of 

 English salt for half a dollar a 

 bushel! 



2. Fine day. 



3. Fine day. ' 



4. Fine day. Carrots, sown 3d June, 

 3 inches high. 



5. Very hot day. No flies yet. 



6. Fine hot day. Currants ripe. Oats 

 in haw. Rye nearly ripe. Indian 

 corn two feet high. Hay-making 

 nearly done. 



7. Rain and thunder early in themorn- 

 ing. 



8. Fine hot day. Wear no waistcoat 

 no w r: except in the morning and 

 evening. T& 



.9. Fine hot day. Apples to make 

 puddings and pies ; but our house 

 keeper does not kqow how to mak$ 

 an apple pudding. She puts the 

 pieces of apple-amongst the batter! 

 She has not read Peter Pindar. 

 10. Fine hot day. I work in the land 

 morning and evening, and write 

 in the day in a north room. The 

 dress is now become a very conveni 

 ent, or, rather, a very little incon- 



