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



1817. 



July 25. tioned before, harvested, in forty 

 days from the sowing. Not more 

 flies than in England. 



26. Fine broiling- day. The Indian Corn 

 grows away now, and has, each 

 plant, at least a tumbler full of water 

 standing in the sockets of its leaves, 

 while the sun seems as if it would 

 actually burn one. Yet we have a 

 breeze; and, under these fine shady 

 Walnuts and Locusts and Oaks, 

 and on the fine grass beneath, it is 

 very pleasant. Woodcocks begin 

 to come very thick about. 



27. Fine broiler again. Some friends 

 from England here to-day. We 

 spent a pleasant day ; drank success 

 to the Debt, and destruction to the 

 Boroughmongers, in gallons of milk 

 and water. Not more flies than in 

 England. 



28. Very, very hot. The Thermometer 

 85 degrees in the shade; but a 

 breeze. Never slept better in all 

 my life. No covering. A sheet un 

 der me, and a straw bed. And then, 

 so happy to have no clothes to put 

 on but shoes and trowsers ! My 

 window looks to the East. The 



