168 AUTUMN AND WINTER 



November 2Oth a thrush was heard to sing his spring song. A 

 popular saying, which has strong backing in statistics, states in a 

 delightfully Saxon manner : 



' If there's ice in November that can bear a duck, 

 There '11 be nothing after but sludge and muck. 3 



November 1st. Salmon-fishing with rod and line ceases, indicat- 

 ing a sort of first of spring for fish. 



November nth is Martinmas Day, introducing 'St. Martin's 

 Summer,' a warm period that follows the cold. 



Average temperature, . . -43. 



Average rainfall, . . . .2-27 inches. 

 On November 1st, sun rises 6.54 a.m. and sets 4.35 p.m. 



