Xll. INTRODUCTION. 



ing to tlie Indian Vert^ha the r.viny, and including 

 our sliow«^ry period of St. Swithin, begins when 

 enters SI, July 20. In the middle of this trea- 

 son occurs the Harvest Home, or Feast of Ceres ; 

 the entering the sign iiji?. 



Tlie Autumnal, answering to the Indian 

 Sarod, or the waning year, begins witli the sun's 

 entrance into :C^, Sep. 24, called the autumnal 

 equinox. In the middle of this season occurs the 

 Vintage Feast, or first Bacchanalian, about the 

 tune the sun enters lit. 



I shall now go on to describe the ever varying 

 face of nature, in each season, more particularly. 



TEMPUS PRUMALE, or the WIXTER 

 SEASOX. 



Astronomy. — O $ Nov. 20, rises Vn-46, 

 Sep. IV-14. 



O -^ Dec. 21, rises VIII-8, Sep. 111-52. 



The Winter Solstice may be said to extend from 

 the beginnhig of the Ember week of St. Lucy, 

 to the end of Christinas week ; tjiere being no 

 perceptible change in the length of tlic shorf 

 winter's daylight: after this the days lengthen 

 again. The beautiful Constellations of Orion, 

 known by the three remarkable stars in his gir- 

 dle, Syriiis, Procyon and the Pleiades, make the 



