tiB FOREST LIFE IN ACADIE. 



merous. Summer flowers going off. Orange lily (L. 

 Canadense) flowering in intervale meadows, and fire- 

 weed (Epilobium) in burnt woods. 



24. Still fine, with high winds. Extensive fires in 

 the woods fill the air with smoke and obscure the sun. 

 Grasshoppers very numerous. Wild cui-rants ripen. 

 Young woodcock, partridge, and flappers of duck 

 well grown. AVild cherries ripening ; also blueberries 

 (Vaccinium) on the barrens, with wild raspberries 

 (Rubus idseus). Cargoer. of sea-birds' eggs brought 

 to market from the Gulf and sold for food. Garden 

 cherries rijje and much visited by wax wings (Ampelis 

 Americma). 



25 — 31. Uninterruptedly fine weather. Albicore 

 (Thynnus vulgaris) strike the N.W. arm, feeding on 

 herring. House-flies become troublesome. The cicada 

 sings continually in the woods. 



August 1. Fine weather continues. Bemes of Cornus 

 Canadensis ripe and very plentiful ; do. of blueberries 

 and Indian pear. Great quantities of wild raspberries 

 brought to market. 



2 — 10. Weather changes to wet, commencing with 

 thunder. The rivers, hitherto almost diy, swell, and 

 salmon, delayed by drought, ascend. 



11 — 17. Fine weather, with occasional showers. Pas- 

 Wf senger pigeons (Ectopistes migratorius) neen on barrens 



feeding on berries ; these birds are more numerous west- 

 ward from the coast. Cariboo (Cervus tarandus) com- 

 mence to rut. 



18. Golden plover (Charadrius marmoratus) arrives. 

 Nights become cooler, and houseflies sluggish. 



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