Feb. 23rd . . . Dark and cold till noon, afterwards clear and temperate. Left Charlotte Town at 11, parted with Mr. Spencer about 4 p. m. arrived at home about 8 p. m. From 23rd to March 3rd nothing of interest occurred. This day baptized John Lawson's son John.

April 11th . . . John McLaughlin and Alex Jamison were drowned in Tracadie Harbor. Jamison between 4 and 5 p. m. McLaughlin

about 6. Lads killed a goose.

April 15th . . . Southwest wind till midnight. Ice left the shore. Sea open for the first time.

April 22nd . . . Northwest wind and clear. Set off in a boat for St. Peters being Stopped by ice, the boat returned, but I proceeded with a Frenchman on foot, passed Savage Bay on a cake of ice, arrived at 5 p. m. and remained there till May lst.

April 25th . . . Mist and rain till night, then heavy rain which in the night turned to snow with frost. Went to Morrell's

to dinner today.

April 26th . . . Cold north wind, hard frost and thick, almost till midday, Such as I seldom saw in Scotland. Snow ceased but frost and snow continued through the day and night.

April 27th . . . Thaw all day. Frogs silent for two nights, began their music April 26th. Southwest wind and thaw carried most of the snow and frost. Sun pretty warm.

April 30th . . . Calm foggy and dark. Lawson's boat came to St. Peters. Dined at Morrell's.

May lst . . . Northwind, thick fog till ten, clear and sultry, little wind the rest of the day. Set off in the boat from St. Peter's at 8 and arrived at Stanhope at 6.

May 2nd . . . East wind and fog till noon. This day packed my things in Bell Lawson's and Sam Brown's chests. I exchanged with Bell Lawson for my trunk.

May 4th . . . This whole day south wind and heavy rain. About 11 a. m. a whaling sloop from Nantucket ran aground off Little Hastings Harbor.

May 6th . . . Excessively cold this day and night such as I never saw in May.

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