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some years and fine ones in other years. The fine Novembers Often carried a suggestion of frost rime in the mornings, but never did the ground become hard. We thus had two extra months of farming weather (one in Spring and one in Fall) while the young cattle . could lie out all winter. But to come back to the Island.—

November Ist is the Feast of All Hallows or All Saints, in commemoration of the faithful departed. Nov. 2, 1915, wind south, fine weather, farmers taking in turnips. In the fields on Nov. 3, 1927, I observed the following in bloom: Yarrow, Fall Dandelion, Shepherd’s—purse, Barnyard Daisy, Red Clover, Creep- ing Buttercup and Pineapple Weed (Matricaria). These had withstood the hard frost of Oct. 28th. On Nov. 3, 1924 we had the first snow of the season.

Nov. 5, 1921: this night a great gale blew down the rafters of the Orphanage then in course of construction at Mount Her- bert. During the mild weather of Nov. 7, 1923 I noted a com— mon bat hawking in the dusk and swooping round and round the house. Fine weather and flurries of snow alternated on Nov.

7, 1916.

Drift and snow from the N.W. Nov. 8, 1915. This day, Nov. 10, 1919, commenced a week of lovely weather, with the wind South. Indian Summer? Nov. 13, 1915, was a clear day with the ground frozen at night. A flock of Snow Buntings (the “Snowflakes” of Scotland, and our ‘Snow birds") observed on Nov. 14, 1929: they came early that year.

A N. W. wind lbrought eighth inches of snow on Nov. 14, 1916. “A terrible day” on Nov. 14, 1918; the wind rose to a gale by 11 a. m., accompanied ‘by a great snowstorm. The tide flowed over the top of Fullerton Marsh bridge which was washed away; there was also a washout on the railway skirting the marsh. The barometer “had fallen an inch and a half on the previous day. On the 14th. Nov. 1920, there was a remarkable circle or halo round the sun, followed by a lunar halo at night. Was this a precursor of the week of gales, rain, hail, snow, and thunder which fol-' lowed?

Fog, rain, then snow, “a wild day!” on Nov. 16, 1922. Terri— perature in the shade 18 degrees above zero at 8 a. m., Nov. 17, 1918. “First real winter’s day,” Nov. 17, 1924; a snowy land- scape. Wind W., snow going, “lovely and warm,” Nov. 18, 1917; Novemlber was a rather fine month that year. On November 18, 1929, a slight earth tremor was felt in Charlottetown at 4:32 p. m., but no damage was done. This shock was felt at Halifax. Sydney, and Newfoundland; at the last place the tidal wave fol- lowing swept away forty persons. '

Nov. 19, 1930 our perennial spring went dry. The City was short of water, having only two days supply on hand. Robins ob—