CHAP I.] CLIMATE, SEASONS, &C. 49 



1817. 



Dec. 25. this, that the hellish system of fund 

 ing and of Seat-selling can be up 

 held. 



26. Fine warm day. 52 degrees in 

 shade. 



27. Cold, but little frost. 



28. Same weather. Fair and pleasant. 

 The late sharp frost has changed to 

 a complete yellow every leaf of some 

 Swedish Turnips (Ruta Baga), left 

 to take their chance. It is a poor 

 chance, I believe ! 



29. Same weather. 



30. Rain all day. 



31. Mild and clear. JVb frost. 

 1818. 



Jan. 1. Same weather. 



2. Same weather. 



3. Heavy rain. 



4. A frost that makes us jump and 

 skip about like larks. Very sea 

 sonable for a sluggish fellow. Pre 

 pared for winter. Patched up a 

 boarded building, which was for 

 merly a coach-house ; but, which is 

 not so necessary to me, in that ca 

 pacity, as in that of a fowl-house. 

 The neighbours tell me, that the 

 poultry will roost out on the trees 



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