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CLIMATE, SEASONS, &C. [PART I. 



1817. 



Dec. 3. 



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Very fair and pleasant, but frost 

 sufficiently hard to put a stop to 

 our getting up and stacking tur 

 nips. Still, however, the cattle 

 and sheep do pretty well upon 

 the grass, which is long and dead. 

 Fatting oxen we feed with the 

 greens of Ruta Baga, with some 

 corn (Indian, mind) tossed down 

 to them in the ear. Sheep (ewes 

 that had lambs in spring) we kill 

 very fat from the grass. No dirt. 

 ^ What a clean and convenient soil ! 

 9. Thaw. No rain. We get on with 

 our work again. 



10. Open mild weather. 



11. Same weather. Very pleasant. 



12. Rain began last night. 



13. Rain all day. 



14. Rain all day. The old Indian re 

 mark is, that the winter does not 

 set in till the ponds be full. It is 

 coming, then. 



15. Rain till 2 o'clock. We kill mutton 

 now. Ewes, brought from Connec 

 ticut, and sold to me here at 2 dol 

 lars each in July, just after shearing. 

 I sell them now alive at 3 dollars 



