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on the 2 1 ft. (It is to be obferved, that 

 they fow nothing but fummer-Corn here.) 

 Soon after the corn began to flower. Hay 

 making began the 22cl. All this month 

 the weather was excellent. 



Auguft. ON the I2th there were ripe 

 pears and melons at Montreal. On the 

 2Oth the corn was ripe round Montreal, 

 and the harveft was begun there. On the 

 22d the harveft began at Quebec. On the 

 3Oth, and 31 ft, there was a very (mall 

 hoar-froft on the ground. 



September. THE harveft of all kinds of 

 corn ended on the 24th, and 25th.-" Me- 

 lons, water-melons, cucumbers, and fine 

 plums, were very plentiful during the 

 courfe of this month. Apples and pears 

 were likewife ripe, which is, not always 

 the cafe. On the laft days of tHi?f month 

 they began to plough the land. The fol- 

 lowing is one of the obfervations of this 

 month: " Tli&j&fd people in this country 

 " fay, that the corn was formerly never 

 " ripe till the I5th, or i6th, of September* 

 " and fometimes on the i2th; but no 

 " fooner. They likewife affert, that it 

 " never was perfectly ripe. But fince the 

 ee woods have been fufficiently cleared, the 

 cc beams of the fun have had more room 

 *' to operate, and the corn ripens fooner 



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