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on the 2 1 11:. (It is to be obferved, that 

 they fow nothing but fuminer-corn here.) 

 Soon after the corn began to flower. Kay- 

 making began the 22d. All this n;onth 

 the weather was excellent. 



Augiift. OxM the 12th there were ripe 

 pears and melcns at Montreal. On the 

 20th the corn was ripe round Montreal^ 

 and the harveft was begun there. On the 

 2 2d the harveft began at Quebec. On the 

 3cth5 and 31ft, there was a very fmall 

 hoar-frofl on the ground. 



September. The harveft of all kinds of 

 corn ended on the 24th, and 25i:h. Me- 

 lons, v/ater-melons, cucumbers, and fine 

 plums, were very plentiful during the 

 courfe of this month. Apples and pears 

 were like wife ripe, which is not always 

 the cafe. On the lall; days of this month 

 they began to plough the land. The fol- 

 lowing is one of the obfervations of this 

 month : " The old people in this country 

 ** fay, that the corn was formerly never 

 " ripe till the 15th, or i6th, oi September^ 

 *' and fometimes on the 12th ; but no 

 *' fooner. They likewife aficrt, that it 

 " never was perfecftly ripe. Yj^m fince the 

 *' woods have been fufficiently cleared, the 

 ** beams of the fun have had more room 

 ** to operate, and the corn ripens fooner 



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