323 FOREST LIFE IN ACADIE. 



merous. Summer flowers going off. Orange lily (L. 

 Canadense) flowering in intervale meadows, and fire- 

 weed (Epilobium) in burnt woods. 



24. Still fine, with high winds. Extensive fires in 

 the woods fill the air with smoke and obscure the sun. 

 Grasshoppers very numerous. Wild currants ripen. 

 Young woodcock, partridge, and flappers of duck 

 well grown. Wild cherries ripening ; also blueberries 

 (Vaccinium) on the barrens, with wild raspberries 

 (Rubus idseus). Cargoes of sea-birds' eggs brought 

 to market from the Gulf and sold for food. Garden 

 cherries ripe and much visited by waxwings (Ampelis 

 Americfina). 



25 — 31. Uninterruptedly fine weather. Albicore 

 (Thynnus vulgaris) strike the N.W. arm, feeding on 

 herring. House-flies become troublesome. The cicada 

 sings continually in the woods. 



August 1. Fine weather continues. Berries of Cornus 

 Canadensis ripe and very plentiful ; do. of blueberries 

 and Indian pear. Great quantities of wild raspberries 

 brought to market. 



2 — 10. W^eather changes to wet, commencing with 

 thunder. The rivers, hitherto almost dry, swell, and 

 salmon, delayed by drought, ascend. 



11 — 17. Fine weather, with occasional showers. Pas- 

 senger pigeons (Ectopistes migratorius) seen on barrens 

 feeding on berries ; these birds are more numerous west- 

 ward from the coast. Cariboo (Cervus tarandus) com- 

 mence to rut. 



18. Golden plover (Charadrius marmoratus) arrives. 

 Nights become cooler, and houseflies sluggish. 



