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Day of ye Month |
aspect of the weather at ☉ rise |
Wind at ☉ rise |
aspect of the weather at 4 OC1 P. M. |
Wind at 4 O'Clock P. M. |
| 1st | f | N. E. | f | N. E. |
| 2cd | f | N. E. | c a s | S W |
| 3rd | c a s & r | N W | c a f | N. E. |
| 4th | f | N E | f. | N. E. |
| 5th | f | N. E. | f. | N E |
| 6th | f | N. E | c | S. W. [2] |
| 7th | c | S. W. | c | S. W. |
| 8th | c a s r & H | S W | c a f r h & s | S W |
| 9th | c a r & h | S W | c a r & h | S. W. |
| 10th | c a r h & s | N. | c a f & c. | S. W |
| 11th | c a f & c | S W | r a f & r | S W. |
| 12th | r a r & c | S W | r a c & r | S. W |
| 13th | c. a. r | S. W. | c a r | S. W. |
| 14th | c. a f & s | S. W. | r. a. r. f. & r. | S. W. |
| 15th | c. a r & f | S | c a r & f | S. W |
| 16th | r a s & r | S W | r. a. f. & r. | S W |
| 17th | c a r h & s | S W | r a f h s & r | S W |
| 18th | c a r & h | S W | r a r & h | S. W |
| 19th | r a r | S W. | r a r | S. W |
| 20th | c a r | S W | c a r | S. W. |
| 21st | r a c & r | S W | r a c & r | S. W |
| 22cd | f. a. r. | N E | c a f | N E |
| 23rd | f | S. W. | c a f | S W |
| 24th | c a f & c | S. W. | r a c & r | S |
| 25th | r a r | S | r a r | S |
| 26th | f a r | N E | c a f & r | S |
| 27th | c a r | S W | r a r | S. W. |
| 28th | r a r | S. W | c a c & f | S. W |
| 1st | the weather by no means as could as it was tho' it freized last night |
| 2cd | the bald Eagle still remains. |
| 3rd | the snow fell about half an inch, but the rain which succeded soon melted it at 9 A. M. the sun shone. the rain which feel in the latter part of the night freized and formed a slight in- crustation on the snow which fell some days past, and also on the boughs of the trees &c. yesterday it continued fair until 11 A. M. when the wind vered about to S. W. and the horizon was immediately overcast with clouds, which uniformly takes place when the wind is from that point. |
| 4th | the last night clear and could the Netul frozen over in several places. all the waterfowls before innumerated still continue with us. the bird [4] which resembles the robbin have now vis- ited us in small numbers saw two of them yesterday about the fort; they are gentle. |
| 6th | very cold last night think it reather the coldest night that we have had. cloudy at 9 A M |
| 7th | continued cloudy all night a little snow at 10 A. M. |
| 8th | it was principally rain which fell since 4 P. M. yesterday, it has caused the snow to disappear the rain of the last night has melted down the snow wich has continued to cover the ground since the 24th of January; the feeling of the air and other appearances seem to indicate, that the rigor of the winter have passed; it is so warm that we are apprehensive that our meat will spoil, we therefore cut it in small peices and hang it seperately on sticks. Saw a number of insects flying about. the small brown flycatch [5] continues with us. this is the smallest of all the American birds except the hum- ming bird. |
| 9th | principally rain which has fallen. |
| 10th | Snow covered the ground this morning disappeared before evening. sun shown 2 hours |
| 12th | it rained the greater part of last night. |
| 13th | Wind very hard last evening and all night |
| 14th | very small quantity of snow fell last night not enough to cover the ground somewhat colder this morning. the sun shown only a few moments. |
| 15th | fair most of last night hard frost this morning. the ground white with it. The robbin returned and were singing which re- minded me of spring. some other small birds passed on their flight from the South, but were so high that we would not dis- tinguish of what kind they were. the robbin had left this place before our arrival in November. |
| 16th | but a small quantity of snow nearly all disolved by morn- ing with the succeeding rain. at 11 A. M. it became fair and the insects were flying about. at ½ after 12 O'Ck it again clouded up and began to rain. |
| 17th | the hail and snow covered the ground this morning |
| 18th | wind violent greater part of the day and all night |
| 19th | wind violent all day. |
| 20th | wind violent all night and the greater part of the day. |
| 21st | the wind continues high this morning & untill evening. |
| 22cd | the wind scarcely perceptable |
| 23rd | heavy white frost this morning. at eleven A M it couded up and continued so all day |
| 24th | the wind became hard this evening. much warmer this morn- ing than usual. the aquatic and other birds heretofore enu- merated continue with us still. the Sturgeon and a small fish like the Anchovey begin to run. they are taken in the Co- lumbia about 40 mils. above us. [6] the anchovey is exquisitely fine.— |
| 25th | the wind violent all night and this morning continued untill late in the evening when it ceased. |
| 26th | at 9 A. M. it clouded up again. |
| 28th | it rained constantly during the last night. the sun shown about 9 A. M. partially a few minutes saw a variety of insects in mo- tion this morning some small bugs as well as flies. a brown fly with long legs about half the size of the common house fly was the most common. this has been the first insect that ap- peared it is generally about the sinks or filth of any kind. the yellow and brown flycatch has returned. it is a very small bird with a tail as long proportiably as a Sparrow. |
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