Chap. i. CLIMATE, SEASONS, 3iC. 23 



July 14. Fine day. The Indian Corn four feet 

 high. 



15. Fin6 day. We eat Turnips, sown on the 

 2d of June. Early cabbages (a gift) sown 

 in May. 



16. Fine hot day. Fine young onions, sown 

 on the 8th of June. 



17. Fine hot day. Harvest of wheat, rye, 

 oats and barley, half done. But, indeed, 

 what is it to do, when the weather does 

 so much ! 



18. Fi«e hot day. 



19. Rain all day. 



20. Fine hot day and some wind. All dry 

 again as completely as if it had not rained 

 for a year. 



t1. Fine hot day ; but heavy rain at night. — 

 Flies a few. Not more than in England. 

 My son John, who has just returned from 

 Pennsylvania, says they are as great tor- 

 ments there as ever. At a friend's house 

 (a farm-house) there, two quarts of flies 

 were caught in one window in one day ! I 

 do not believe that there are two quarts 

 in all my premises. But, then, I cause 

 all wash and slops to be carried forty 

 yards from the house. I suffer no peel- 

 ings or greens or any rubbish to lie near 

 the house. I suiter no fresh meat to re- 

 main more than one day fresh in the 

 house. I proscribe all fish. Do not suf- 

 fer a dog to enter the house. Keep all 

 pigs at a distance of sixty yards. And 

 sweep ail round about once every week 

 at least. 



22. Fine hot day. 



23. Fine hot day. Sowed Buckzvheat in a 

 j)iece of very poor ground. 



