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



1817. 



Oct. 24. The cost of threshing and winnow 

 ing 60 bushels was 7 dollars, I/. Us. 

 6d. English money, that is to say, 

 4s. 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. 

 f j ; 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 



