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APPENDIX. 



hottest day tins last summer was the 20th of July. Barley 

 harvest commenced in July ; finished cutting wheat on the 28th 

 August ; slight frost on the 30th of the same month ; potatoes 

 taken up first week of October. 



6th September: — Flocks of grey geese flying to the south. 

 Prunus Americana ripe and very plentiful in the first part of 

 this month, or rather before this month. Flocks of passenger 

 pigeons are in from the north, and leave from the 20th to the 

 last of the month. On the night of the 7th whip-poor-will gave 

 us his parting song. Coregonus lucidus enter the river to 

 spawn. The Coregonus albus in Lake Winnipeg commences 

 spawning about the 19th of October, and ends about the 1st 

 November. 



This Register was kept by Mr. Donald Grunn, of the Lower 

 Settlement, Eed River. For the details of the Register see the 

 Red River Report for 1857. 



IX. 



Extracts from a Journal kept at (i Fort a la Come" on the 

 Main Saskatchewan, Lat. 55°-30, Long. 104 o, 25. 



1856. 



April 1. — No frost last night, but thick mist this morning. 

 The weather has been warm although cloudy. 

 2. — Hard frost last night, but mild during the day. 

 4. — Slight frost last night, day very mild. Snow dis- 

 solved a great deal during the day. Water making 

 its appearance on edge of river. 



7. — Froze hard last night, and has been cold most of the 



day. 



8. — Do. do. no thaw during the day. River rising 



very much, and boat frozen in. 



9. — Ice made a start previous to moving. 

 17. — Warm weather, ice drifting down river. 



