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Day of the month |
aspect of the weather at ☉ rise |
Wind at ☉ rise |
Weather at 4 OC. P.M. |
Wind at 4 OC. P.M. |
| 1st | c a r | S. W. | r a c | S . |
| 2nd | c a r | S W. | r | S. W. |
| 3rd | c. a. r. h. T & L. | S W | c a r h. f | S. W. |
| 4th | c a r & h | S W | r a f & r | S. E |
| 5th | r | S E | r | S. E |
| 6th | c a r | S E | f | E |
| 7th | f | N. E. | c. a. r [2] | S E |
| 8th | f | N. E | c a f | S. E. |
| 9th | f | S. W. | c a f | S. W |
| 10th | f. a r | S. W. | c a f | S. W |
| 11th | c | S. W. | c a r | S. W. |
| 12th | f a c | N. W. | c | N. W. |
| 13th | r | S. W. | r | S. W. |
| 14th | f a r | N. E [3] | c a f | S. |
| 15th | r a c & r | S E | r. a r | S |
| 16th | r a r | S. W. | r. a r | S W |
| 17th | c a r | S. W | c | S W |
| 18th | r. a. r. | S. W | c a r | S W |
| 19th | c a r | S. | c a r | S W |
| 20th | r a r | S. W | r a r | S W |
| 21st | c a r | S. W. | c a r | S W |
| 22ed | r a r | S W | c a r | S W |
| 23rd | c a r H T & L [4] | S W | c a f | S. W. |
| 24th | c a r & S | S E | c a r h & S | E |
| 25th | h a r h & S | N. E. | c a r h & S | N E |
| 26th | c a h & s | N. E | c a s | N E |
| 27th | f. a. s | N. E | f | N E |
| 28th | f | N E | f | N. E |
| 29th | f | N E | f | N E |
| 30th | S. a. S. | N. | C a. S | W |
| 31st | f a c | N. E. | f. | N. E |
| 1st | sun visible for a few minutes about 11 A M. the changes of the weather are exceedingly suddon. sometimes tho' seldom the sun is visible for a few moments the next it hails & rains, then ceases, and remains cloudy the wind blows and it again rains; the wind blows by squalls most generally and is almost invari- ably from S. W. these visicitudes of the weather happen two three or more times half [6] a day. snake seen 25th Decembr |
| 3d | the sun visible for a few minutes only. The thunder and light- ning of the last evening was violent. a Singular occurrence for the time of year. the loss of my Thermometer I most sincerely regret. I am confident that the climate here is much warmer than in the same parallel of Latitude on the Atlantic tho' how many degrees is now out of my power to determine. Since our arrival in this neighourhood on the 7th of November, we have experienced one slight white frost only which happened on the morning of the 16th of that month. [7] we have yet seen no ice, and the weather so warm that we are obliged cure our meat with smoke and fire to save it. we lost two parsels by de- pending on the air to preserve it, tho' it was cut in very thin slices and sufficiently exposed to the air. |
| 4th | the sun visible about 2 hours |
| 6th | the sun [8] shown about 5 hours this evening & it continued fare during the night. [9] |
| 7th | it clouded up just about sunset, but shortly after became fare. |
| 8th | lost my P. M. obstn. for Equal Altitudes. |
| 9th | began to rain at 10 P. M. and continued all night. |
| 10th | Various flies and insects now alive and in motion. [10] |
| 12th | cool this morning but no ice nor frost at miday sand flies and insects in motion the wind from any quarter off the land or along the N. W. Coast causes the air to become much cooler. every species of waterfowl common to this country at any season of the year still continue with us. |
| 14th | weather perfectly temperate I never experienced a winter so warm as the present has been. [11] |
| 15th | Saw several insects, weather warm, we could do very well with- out fire, I am satsifyed that the murcury would stand at 55 a. O. |
| 16th | wind hard this morning rained incessently all night. |
| 17th | rained incessently all night, insect in motion |
| 18th | rained very hard last night |
| 19th | rained the greater part of last night. |
| 20th | raind greater part of night wind hard |
| 21st | wind hard this morning contued all day |
| 22ed | wind violent last night & this morning |
| 23d | the sun shown about 2 h in the fore noon when the sun is said to shine ore the weather fair it is to be understood that it bearly casts a shaddow, and that the atmosphere is haizy of a milkey white colour. |
| 24th | this morning the snow covered the ground and mas cooler than any wether we have had, but no ice |
| 25th | the ground covered with snow this morning ½ inch deep ice on the water in the canoes ¼ of an inch thick. it is now precep- tably coulder than it has been this winter.— |
| 26th | at 4 P. M. last evening the snow was one Inch deep ☉ rise this morning 4¼ [12] inches deep icesickles of 18 Inches in length hanging to the eves of the houses. coulder than it has been the snow this evening is 4¾ inches deep, the icesickles of 18 inches in length continued suspended from the eves of the houses during the day. it now appears something like winter for the first time this season. |
| 27th | the sun shone more bright this morning than it has done since our arrival at this place. the snow since 4 P. M. yesterday has increased to the debth of 6 Inches, and this morning is percep- tibly the couldest that we have had. I suspect the Murcury would stand at about 20° above naught; the breath is percepti- ble in our room by the fire. [13] |
| 28th | last night exposed a vessel of water to the air with a view to dis- cover the debth to which it would freiz in the course of the night, but unfortunately the vessel was only 2 inches deep and it feized the whole thickness; how much more it might have frozen had the vessel been deeper is therefore out of my power to decide. it is the couldest night that we have had, and I sup- pose the murcury this morning would have stood as low as 15° above 0.— |
| 29th | not so could, water in a vessel exposed to the [air] during the night freized ⅜ths of an inch only. [14] |
| 30th | the weather by no means as could as it has been snow feell about one inch deep |
| 31st | this morning is plesant, the night was clear and cold notwith- standing the could weather the Swan white Brant geese & ducks still continue with us; the sandhill crain also continues.— the brown or speckled brant are mostly gone some few are still to be seen the Cormorant loon and a variety of other waterfowls still remain. The Winds from the Land brings us could and clear weather while those obliquely along either coast or off the Oceans bring us warm damp cloudy and rainy weather. the hardest winds are always from the S. W. The blue crested Corvus bird has already began to build it's nest. their nests are formed of small sticks; usually in a pine tree.— Great numbers of Ravens, and a Small black Crow are con- tinually about us. The pale yellow Streiked and dove coloured robin is about, also the little brown ren or fly-catsch which is a little larger than the humming bird. [15] |
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