86 CLIMATE, SEASONS, &C. [PART L 



1818. 



March 15. fowls, I find, have wanted no feed 

 ing except during the snow, or, in 

 the very, very cold days, they did 

 not come out of their house all the 

 day. A certain proof that they like 

 the warmth. 



16. Little frost in the morning. Verjr 

 fine day. 



17. Precisely same weather. 



18. Same weather. 



19. Same weather, 



20. Same weather. Opened several pits, 

 in which I had preserved all sorts 

 of garden plants and roots, and 

 apples. Valuable experiments. As 

 useful in England as here, though 

 not so absolutely necessary. I shall 

 communicate these in another part 

 of my work, under the head of 

 gardening. 



21. Same weather,. The day like a fine 

 May-day in England. I am writ 

 ing without fire, and in my waist 

 coat without coat. 



22. Rain all last night, and all this 

 day. 



23. Mild and fine. A sow had a litter 

 of pigs in the leaves under the trees. 

 Judge of the weather by this. The 



