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on bank. Ferns (Lastrese) sprouting. Blue wood-violet 

 flowers, also white variety. 



•12. Clears up from westward for fine weather. Frogs 

 and toads very noisy in the evening. Kobins, white- 

 throated sparrow, and hermit thrush sing till 8 p.m. 

 The toad trills all day. May and stone flies (Ephemerae 

 and Phryganese) issue from the water, and are greedily 

 devoured by trout. Black flies (Simulium molestum) 

 make their appearance. The light green blossoms of the 

 willow contrast prettily with the red bloom on maples (A. 

 rubrum). Grass four or five inches high. Larches showing 

 light green leaves and crimson blossoms. Waterlilies 

 commencing to grow upwards from the bottom of ponds. 



13 — 15. Fine weather continues. Gaspereaux (Alosa 

 tyrannus) ascending stream to spawn in lakes. Euffed 

 and Canada grouse (Tetrao umbeUus and T. Canadensis) 

 incubating. Frog spawn hatching. 



18. Fine weather continues. Trout gorged with 

 Ephemerae and refuse bait. Gold thread (Coptis trifolia) 

 flowering. Ferns unfolding. Fir cones of A. picea of a 

 delicate sea-green colour. 



20. Atmosphere hazy from fires in the forest. Herons 

 (Ardea Herodias) arriving in flights. Young leaves 

 tipping the blossoms of the red-flowering maple. Poplar 

 (P. tremuloides) in leaf. 



21. The whip-poor-will (C. vociferus) is heard in 

 copses on the banks of the north-west arm of the 

 harbour ; the night hawk (C. Virginianus) on same 

 evening. Eain at night. 



22. Shad (Alosa sapidissima) ascends rivers to spawn, 

 and will sometimes take the artificial fly. The moose- 

 bush (Viburnum lantanoides) in flower ; also Indian 



