NOTES FEOM DIARY KEPT AT QUICKIOCK. 117 



Summer - - - - 15° warm. 

 Autumn - - - - 6° warm. 



But the average temperature of the whole year, if 

 we except the periods when the seasons exert their 

 peculiar influence, is about the freezing point of the 

 thermometer, or in other words, constant winter. 

 Instances have been known of corn being sown 

 and ripening in forty days. In usual seasons — 



About March 5th, the melting ice and snow begin to trickle 

 from the roofs. 



„ April 10th, the snow bunting appears. 



„ „ 25th, wild geese and swans arrive. The Papilio 



urticaa is seen. Larks are seen, and 

 patches of bare ground appear. 



„ May 6th, the white wagtail arrives. 



„ „ 24th, the marsh marigold flowers. 



„ „ 28th, the birch has leaves. 



., June 6th, summer warmth 10°. 



,, Aug. 1st, night frosts begin. 



,, May 10th to 25th, the rivers usually open. The ice is 

 fast melting, and they begin to plant the 

 kitchen gardens. 



„ Aug. 20th, harvest begins, winter rye is sown. 



„ Sept. 20th, the birch shed their leaves. 



„ Nov. 20th, the ice bears, and the ground is covered 

 with snow. 



They generally reckon here that the sun dis- 

 appears below the horizon about November 20th, 

 and about January 20th half his disk is seen 

 again above the horizon. 



