2 "Cauld blavvs the blast across the mocr" Many chickadees seen, Jan. 14, 1919. Abnormally warm. Jan. 14, 1932; official temperature at Charlottetown 50 F. At Saint John , N .B. 58 F. An unofficial report from Perth gave 66 F. In a sheltered spot in the garden pansies were in bud; and diptera were flying outside. Black Ducks going south, Jan. 16, 1926. Also going . 20, 1934. Tending to winter here, of late years. Gale 60 m.p.h. in Maritimes Jan. 16, 1936. Strong here, some damage. Record cold snap Jan. 19, 1925. Twenty below zero is ex¬ ceptional here, but on this occasion Mount Herbert had 26B; while Tyne Valley reported 40B, Portage and Wellington 42B, and Conway 43B. "The coldest wave in the memorv of its people." Juncoes plentiful Jan. 27, 1926. Georgetown had tempera¬ ture of 20B, and Alberton 23B on the night of Jan. 27, 1924. Snow Buntings and Mergansers observed Jan. 29, 1926. Black Ducks and Mergansers in Smelt Creek , Jan. 30, 1928. Many sunspots observed Jan., 1926, coincident with a very rough time for mail carriers. Our man failed to arrive 6 times in Jan., 7 in Feb., 2 in March, 2 in April and 3 in May. A very stormy winter and spring. January, 1927, brought terrible snow, rain, and floods to the while 40,000 cattle perished of thirst in the Transvaal, S.A. Ten years later (1937) N. America had a repetition of these disastrous floods. Epidemics of boils and carbuncles Dec. 1919 and Jan. 1920: also in Dec. 1936. Virulent influenza 1918, 1927, 1933. During the Great War an epidemic of "blood-poisoning" occurred here. FEBRUARY February is our "deadest" month, and from the middle of January till the end of February is our coldest period. A very few of the hardier birds remain with us, but from the North we have flocks of winter visitors, when the weather becomes too severe in their homeland. A great incursion of Snowy Owls took place in the severe winter of 1927-27; in 11 weeks one observer saw 67 owls. Prince of Wales College totally destroyed by fire, Feb. 6, 1932. Railroads blocked by snow, Feb. 7-12, 1922. The train from got to Bunbury at 10 p.m. on its way to town on Feb. 7th.