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1837.
February 1837.
During this month the thermometer was once at zero and twice below that point. With the exception of a few severe storms the weather has been pleasant.
March 1837.
6th- Snow begun for the first time to melt away.
7th- Heavy rain.
8th.- Snow last night--cold weather again. The ice on the river is now 22 inches in thickness--12 inches formed by snow which had been saturated with water and then congealed.
18th- A severe storm from the N.W.--Thermometer ten degrees below zero. Spent the night in a tent ten miles from any inhabited house; the thermometer has been below zero nine times in the course of the winter--this being the last.
24th- Snow disappearing--the sleighing at an end having been good for about four months without interruption.
27th- The first vessel arrived at our port. Buds of the willow begin to expand.
30th- Snow fell three inches deep.
April 1837.
2nd.- The snow has now disappeared except in sheltered situations.--(Turdus migratorius) first seen today.
5th.- Snakes observed.
7th.- Snow yesterday--heavy rain last night. Observed today black birds (Quiscalus versicolor), pigeons, ducks, and woodpecker (Picus varius).
8th.- Wild geese passing overhead.
13th.-- The ice left the river today--having been used as a bridge four months and twenty three days.
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