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common. April. Several cold clays. 27, Severe thunder ami lightning May 1The trees shoot out their leaves. The heart-cherry trees begin to blossom (earlierthan last year, and then earlier than usual.) 31. No hot weather this spring.Indian corn looks poorly. June 26. There has been but 24 hours of hot weatherthis year. July 12. Hot weather for a week past. August 12. Hot and peerlessgrowing season. September l. Multitudes of grasshoppers. 16. Extremely hot17. Extremely cold. November 8. A gay morning and a warm day. 14. Snow.19. Exceeding cold. 23. Moderate weather. December 7. Pretty cold. 20Much colder. 26. Calm mornings all this week, and moderate through the days.

1761. January 11. The harbor froze over yesterday and to-day. 26. A fine

level snow, and enough of it. February. Wonder of a month. The snow wentaway the 7th. March. Unusually moderate weather this month. April l. Theseason is uncommonly forward, warm and pleasant. 22. Fine weather continually.30. Cold. June 25. It is as melancholy dry a time as ever I saw. July 5: Asgreat a drought as in 1749. 11. Gentle showers (see page 190.) 17. Plenty of

peas. 20. Raspberries. August 1. The drought awfully continues. 12. Nofeed on the neck a great while. 16. The drought increases. 19. Storm ofrain (see page 190.) 31. Marvellous growing time; surprising change on

the fcice of the earth. September 25. The earth has a most beautiful green face.October 6. Tho grass is better set than in the spring. December St. Wo neverhad such a December; it began with snowing, and the snow is two feet upon alevel. It gives fine sledding.

1762. February and March. (See page 192.) April 12. The robin andspring birds visit us. 28. The last of the huge mountain of snow behind thegarrison disappeared. June 5. Melancholy dry time. All are now looking for anabsolute famine. 23. A dark day. July 3. (See page 192.) August. (Seepage193. October. It is very cold a days, but no frost yet. November. The last 11days have been moderate and comfortable. December. Several delightful daysthis month. 26. The fore river frozen over. 31. Winter sets in.

1763. January 12. Incomparable sledding. 26. The harbor froze over all thisWeek. 31. The harbor broke up. February 4. The harbor is frozen over. 12.Same. 26. Same. 28. Thus ends February, as it did last year, a severe winteras any we have had, (see page 195.) March. A cold, blustering month. 28. Ithas been a cold, tedious winter, (see page 196.) April 15. There has been no rainthis spring. The snow goes away kindly. 12. The robin and spring birds beginto tune up. 18. (See page 196.) 30. The roads and ground as dry as summer.May,, to 18. Fine weather. 20. Cold, which prevents the cherry trees fromblossoming. 24. The freshets are raised higher than ever known. 27. Warmweather is much wanted, (see page 196.) July 1. There is no summer yet. 14.Not a hot night this summer; indeed, no hot weather at all, but constantly wet. 21.Cold N. E. storm. There has not been for two months past, 48 hours of fairweather at one time. August 9. The weather continues foggy and wet. 26. Fairweather since this day sen’ight; a great favor and rarity. September 10. A frost