24^ September 1749. 



Lawrence is fometlmes covered with ice 

 oppolite ^lebec, on the loth of May. On 

 the 22d, and 23d, there fell a quantity of 

 fnow. On the 25 th they began to fow 

 near St. 'Joachim. The fame day they faw 

 feme fwallows. The 29th they fowed corn 

 all over the country. Ever fince the 23d 

 the river had been clear at ^lebec. 



May. The third of this month the 

 cold was fo great in the morning, that 

 Celjius\, or the Swedijh thermometer, was 

 four degrees below the freezing point -, 

 however, it did not hurt the corn. On 

 the 1 6th all the fummer-corn was fown. 

 On the 5th the Sangiii?iaria, Narcijfus, and 

 violet, began to blow. The 17th the wild 

 cherry-trees, rafoerry-buflies, apple-tree?, 

 and lime-trees, began to expand their leaves. 

 The ftrawbcrries were in flower about that 

 time. The 29th the wild cherry-trees 

 were in bloirom. On the 26th part of 

 the French apple-trees, cherry-trees, and 

 plum-trees, opened their flowers. 



June. The 5th of this month all the 

 trees had got leaveSc The apple-trees were 

 in fnll flower. Ripe ftraw-berries were to 

 be had on the 22d. Here it is noted, that 

 the weather was very fine for the growth 

 of vegetables. 



Jvly. The corn began to flioot into 

 ears on the 12th, and had ears every where 



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