CHAPTER V. 



NOTES FROM MY DIAKY KEPT AT QUICKIOCK. 



I Will now proceed to lay before my readers a 

 few extracts from my diary as to how we passed 

 our time ; a few hints to the sportsman respecting 

 the shooting and fishing in the district ; and shortly 

 notice every quadruped and bird which we met 

 with around Quickiock. From what I could learn 

 from men who had been settled up here many 

 years, it would seem that in general the winter 

 begins in October, and lasts full seven months, or 

 till April; the spring is short, and the summer 

 commences about the middle of June and lasts 

 three months ; autumn begins in September and 

 lasts till the middle of October. 



The greatest cold is in January, and the greatest 

 heat in the end of July. The greatest cold here 

 has been about 45° Celsius, and the greatest heat, 

 35° Celsius. 



The mean temperature of the four seasons may 

 be taken at : — 



Winter - - - - 9° cold. 

 Spring - - - - 6° warm. 



