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



1818. 



April 18. Cold and raw. Damp, too, which 

 is extremely rare. The worst day 

 I have yet seen during- the year. 

 Stops the grass, stops the swelling 

 of the buds. The young chickens 

 hardly peep out from under the 

 wings of the hens. The lambs don't 

 play, but stand knit up. The pigs 

 growl and squeak ; and the birds 

 are gone away to the woods again. 



19. Same weather with an Easterly 

 wind. Just such a wind as that, 

 which, in March, brushes round the 

 corners of the streets of London, 

 and makes the old, muffled-up de 

 bauchees hurry home with aching 

 joints. Some hail to day. 



20. Same weather. Just the weather 

 to give drunkards the " blue de 

 vils." 



21. Frost this morning. Ice as thick 

 as a dollar. Snow three times. 

 Once to cover the ground. Went 

 off again directly. 



22. Frost and ice in the morning. A 

 very fine day, but not warm. Dan 

 delions blow. 



23. Sharp white frost in morning. Warm 

 and fine day. 



