Chap. I. CLIMATE, SEASONS, &c. 29 



Aug. 31. Fine hot day. Prodigious dews. 

 Sept. 1. Fine and hot. 



2. Fine and hot. 



3. Famously hot. Fine breezes. Began 

 imitating the Disciples, at least, in their 

 diet; for, to-day, we began ^'plucking 

 the ears of corn'''' in a patch planted in the 

 garden on the second of June. But, we, 

 in imitation of Pindar's pilgrim, take the 

 liberty to hail our Corn. We shall not 

 starve now. 



4. Fine and hot. 83 degrees under the Lo- 

 cust trees. 



5. Very hot indeed, but fair, with our old 

 breeze. 



6. Same weather. 



7. Same weather. 



8. Same weather. 



9. Rather hotter. We, amongst seven of 

 us, eat about 25 ears of corn a day. With 

 me it wholly supplies the place of bread. 

 It is the choicest gift of God to man, in 

 the way of food. I remember, that Ar- 

 thur Young observes, that the proof of 

 a good climate is, that Indian Corn will 

 come to perfection in it. Our Corn is 

 very fine. I believe, that a wine-glass- 

 ful of milk might be squeezed out of one 

 ear. No wonder the Disciples were 

 tempted to pluck it when they were 

 hungry, though it was on the Sabbath 

 Day ! 



10. Appearances for Rain ; and, it is time ; 

 for my neighbours begin to cry out, and 

 our rain-water cistern begins to shrink. 

 The well is there, to be sure ; but, 

 to pull water up from 70 ieei is 

 no joke, while it requires nearly as 

 much sweat to get it up as we get water. 



