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



1818. 



Jan. 4. all the winter, which, the weather 

 being so dry in winter, is very likely; 

 and, indeed, they must, if they have 

 no house, which is almost univer 

 sally the case. However, I mean 

 to give the poor things a choice. I 



-1 have lined the said coach-house with 



corn stalks and leaves of trees, and 

 have tacked up cedar-boughs to 

 hold the lining to the boards, and 

 have laid a bed of leaves a foot thick 

 all over the floor. J have secured 

 all against dogs, and have made lad 

 ders for the fowls to go in at holes 

 six feet from the ground. I have 

 made pig-styes, lined round with 

 cedar-boughs and well covered. A 

 sheep-yard, for a score of ewes to 

 have lambs in spring, surrounded 

 with a hedge of cedar-boughs, and 

 with a shed for the ewes to lie un 

 der, if they like. The oxen and cows 

 are tied up in a stall. The dogs 

 have a place, well covered, and 

 lined with corn-stalks and leaves. 

 And now, I can, without anxiety, 

 sit by the fire, or lie in bed, and 

 hear the North-Wester whistle. 

 5. Frost. Like what we call " a hard 

 frost" in England. 



