Chap. I. CLIMATE, SEASONS, Lc 3S 



again directly afterwards. What a stew 

 a man would be in, in England, if he had 

 his grain lying about out of doors in this 

 way ! The cost of threshing and winnow- 

 ing 60 bushels was 7 dollars, 1/. II5. 6d. 

 English money, that is to say, 4s. a 

 quarter, or 8 Winchester bushels. But, 

 then, the carimg was next to nothing. 

 Therefore, though the labourers had a 

 dollar a day each, the expense, upon the 

 whole was not so great as it would have 

 been in England. So much does the cli- 

 mate do ! 

 Oct. 25. Rain. A warm rain, like a fine June 

 rain in England. 57 degrees in shade. 

 Tiie late frosts have killed or, at least, 

 pinched, the leaves of the trees ; 

 and they are now red, yellow, russet, 

 brown, or of a dying green. Never was 

 any thing so beautiful as the bright sun, 

 shining through these fine lofty trees up- 

 on the gay verdure beneath. 

 9G. Rain. Warm. 58 degrees in shade. 

 This is the general Indian Corn harvest. 



27. Rain. Warm. 58 degrees in shade. 

 Put on coat, black hat and black shoes. 



28. Fine day. 56 degrees in shade. Pulled 

 up a Radish that weighed 12 pounds ! I 

 say twelve, and measured 2 feet 5 inches 

 round. From common English seed. 



29. Very fine indeed. 



30. Very fine and warm. 



31. Very fine. 54 degrees in shad^. Gath- 

 ered our last lot of winter apples. 



Nov. 1. Rain all the last night and all this day. 



2. Rain still. 54 degrees in shade. Warm. 

 Things grow well. The grass very fine 

 and luxuriant. 



3. Very fine indeed. 56 in shade. Were it 



