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APPENDIX. 



May 1. — Weather and wind from same quarter. Snow dis- 

 solving fast. 



3. — Ice drifting all last night, but not much to-day. 

 5. — Disagreeable day. Snowing without intermission, 

 with a cold north wind. Eiver full of ice. 



8. — Stormy northerly wind, and very cold. 



• 12. — Weather warm. Yesterday planted potatoes and 

 onions in south garden, and to-day sowed cabbages 

 in boxes. 



15. — Mild, wind south. 



18. — Boisterous weather. 



20. — Beautiful day. All hands employed planting pota- 



toes. Sowed turnips, carrots, beans, &c. Nets 

 caught three sturgeon and nine suckers. 



21. — Very warm. Annual Goose Dance came off. 



June 2. — Hard frost last night, Froze my beans, and the hops 

 were affected also. 

 7. — Kained hard all last night, and continued without 

 intermission all day. 



9. — Fine weather, river still rising. 



15. — Very warm and clear this afternoon. 



30. — Beautiful day. Bull dogs so numerous that horses 



had to be put in stable, and grass cut for them. 



Starvation is staring the people in the face. Have 



caught no sturgeon for some time back. Our nets 



produced nothing to-day. 



1858. 



April 20. — Warm and clear, south wind. 



21. — Ice drifting in river. Large quantity of ice on 



banks. 



22. — Cold north wind. 



24. — Slight fall of snow in morning. Earn towards sun- 



set. Still cold, wind south-west. 



25. — Warm and fine to-day. 



27. — South wind. Warmest day this spring. 



