248 September 1749. 



Lawrence is fometimes covered with ice 

 oppofite Quebec, on the icth of May. On 

 the 22d, and 23d, there fell a quantity of 

 fnow. On the 25th they began to fow 

 near St. Joachim. The fame day they faw 

 fome fwallows. The 2pth they fowed corn 

 all over the country. Ever fince the 23d 

 the river had been clear at Quebec. 



May. THE third of this month the 

 cold was fo great in the morning, that 

 Celfiufs, or the Swedifh thermometer, was 

 four degrees below the freezing point ; 

 however, it did not hurt the corn. On 

 the 1 6th all the fummer-corn was fown. 

 On the ^th the Sanguinariq> Narciffus, and 

 violet, began to blow. The I7th the wild 

 cherry-trees, raflberry-bufhes, apple-trees, 

 and lime-trees, began to expand their leaves. 

 The ftrawberries were in flower about that 

 time. The 29th the wild cherry-trees 

 were in bloffom. On the 26th part of 

 the French apple-trees, cherry-trees, and 

 plum-trees, opened their flowers. 



June. THE 5th of this month all the 

 trees had got leaves. The apple-trees were 

 in full flower. Ripe ftraw-berries were to 

 be had on the 22d. Here it is noted, that 

 the weather was very fine for the growth 

 of vegetables. 



Jufy. THE corn began to fhoot into 

 ears on the I2th, and had ears every where 



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