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1 25. Winter till the beginning of May ; Spring un- 

 SEASONS. til the month of July ; and, now, we are in 

 the height of Summer ! I have been ftrolling 

 about the neighbourhood this morning, and find 

 the farmers in the throng of wheat-harveft [ 

 They did not begin, in general, until about, a 

 week ago. 



Stock remained in the ftubbles and pan 1 urcs 

 until after Old Chriftmas ; fome until February : 

 indeed, the grafs continued growing until De- 

 cember j and a freih fhoot was, in fome places, 

 obfervable in the middle of January. 



Daifies began to appear about Chriftmas ; 

 honey-fuckles, in general, foliated the firft 

 week in January ; and the hazel catkin, hav- 

 ing received no check, began to blow about 

 the feventh of January : and, what is extraor- 

 dinary, continued to blow, in intervals of fine 

 weather, until the beginning of April ; until 

 which time the grpfles, and wheats, were 

 entirely at a ftand, by a fucceffion of cold, 

 ftormy, wet weather ; but without much froft 

 or fnow. 



The uncertainty of feafons in this country- 

 will appear, by the following regifter of the ad- 

 vancement; of the laft and the three preceding 

 fprings. 



The 



