Chap. I. CJffltMATE, SEASONS, &C. 2? 



ceases. However, this foreknowledge of 

 rain is of little use here ; for, when it 

 comes, it is sure to be soon gone ; and to 

 be succeeded by a sun, which restores all 

 to rights. I wondered, at first, why I 

 never saw any barometers in people's 

 houses, as almost every farmer has them 

 in England. But, I soon found, that they 

 would be, if perfectly true, of no use. 

 Early Peas ripe. 

 Aug. 8. Fine Rain. It comes pouring down. 



9. Rain still, which has now lasted 60 

 hours. — Killed a lamb, and, in order to 

 keep it fresh, sunk it down into the well, 

 — The wind makes the Indian Corn 

 bend. 



10. Fine clear hot day. The grass, which 

 was brown the day before yesterday, is 

 already beautifully green. In one place, 

 where there appeared no signs of vegeta- 

 tion, the grass is tz<D0 inches high. 



1 1 . Heavy Rains at night. 



12. Hot and close. 



13. Hot and close. 



14. Hot and close. No breezes these three 

 days. 



15. Very hot indeed. 80 degrees in a north 

 aspect at 9 in the evening. Three wet 

 shirts to-day. Obhged to put on a dry 

 shirt to goto bed in. 



IG. Very hot indeed. 85 degrees, the ther- 

 mometer hanging under the Locust trees 

 and swinging about with the breeze. 

 The dews are now like heavy showers. 



17. Fine hot day. Very hot. I fight the 

 Borough-villains, stripped to my shirt, 

 and with nothing on besides, but shoes and 

 trowsers. Never ill ; no head-achs ; no 

 muddled brains. The milk and water is 



