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and veered to W. N.W. on the 8th. On the 12th a gale began in 

 the forenoon from S. S. E. and veered to W. N. W. On the I8th 

 a gale blew from S. W. to W. S. W. : and on the 25th it blew 

 hard from W. by S. On the 7th Feby. the gale was W. N". W. ; 

 on the 12th and 13th, the wind blew upwards of 50 miles an hour 

 from N. by W., and again on the 18th from N. by W. On the 

 28th the wind gauge only marked 15 miles per hour during the fore- . 

 noon. March 10, a gale sprung up at 11 p. m. from S. S. E. and 

 continued on 11, 12, and 13, veering to W. S. W., W. N. W., 

 N. N. E. to 'N. E. by E. ; on the 14th it backed to W. S. W., 

 with a gentle breeze ; but on the 15th it blew severely from S. E. 

 (7 barns blown down at Baddeck,) on the 16th the gale continued 

 and blowing from W. to W. by N., and backing to W. by S. on 

 the 17th. On the 24th a gale commenced from E. by N., and 

 backed to N. on the 25th. Two feet of snow fell in the woods, 

 and the drifts were 12 feet high. Wild geese arrived at Glace Bay 

 on the 30th. 



On the 3rd and 4th April the wind blew a gale from W. N. W. 

 to N. ; on the 10th for a short time at night from S. W. ; on the 

 17th, from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. from N. by W., the wind gauge 

 marked over 60 miles an hour ; and on the night of the 27th it 

 marked 30 miles an hour. On the 6th Blue Jay and Robin seen, 

 and a Bluebird on the 8th ; a Camberwell Beauty seen on the 

 23rd ; a small Tiger butterfly on the 24th ; Woodpecker on the 

 26th. 



May 3rd and 4th, a gale from S. W., and the ice went out of 

 Sydney Harbour. On the 28th a heavy rain at 4 a. m. with light- 

 ning and thunder, the wind veering from E. N. E. to W. S. W. 

 Frogs croaking on the 2nd, Mayflowers in bloom on the 4th, 

 Snipes and Kingfisher seen on 7th, and Mezereon in bloom. Her- 

 rings caught in Big Glace Bay on 8th, Bees seen on 9th, Swallows 

 seen on 19th. White Violets blown on 24th, also Strawberries ; 

 Currants in leaf 25th ; Coltsfoot, Willows and Alder catkins bloom 

 on 26th; Gold thread (Ooptis trifolia) on 28th; Snakes seen 

 on 30th ; Dandelions bloom 31st. 



Only one gale in June with heavy rain on the 3rd from N. E. 

 to N. W., and last of the drift ice passed. Mosquito hawk heard 



