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Show 1\Iay .June .,!1Jperulhr:. 5 ..:\t St. Louis the buds of the peaches, apples and chcnies appear. 6 7 10 lS 17 J6 30 5 10 12 25 27 30 10 A large flock of pellicans appear. 'fhe leaves of some of the apple trees have burst their covens and put forth, the leaves of the greenwood bushes have put forth.-M any of the wild plants have sprung up and appear above ground. No appearance of the bu1ls of the Osage apple; the Osage plum has put forth Hs leaves and flowe1 buds, though it is not yet completely in blow. 'l'hc peach trt:c::. 6tn; p<u·tly in bloom; the brant, geese, duck, swan, cmnc and other aquatic birds have disappeared very much withiu a few days, and have gone further north I presume; the summer ducks rt~ise theit· young in this neighboUI ·hood, and arc now here in great numbers. Peach trees in fnll bloom; the weeping wlllow has put forth its leaves, and arc one fifth of their ~ize: the violet, the dove's-fool ancl cowslip arc m blow, the dog's-tooth violet is not yet in bloom. The trees of the forest, panicularly the cottonwood, begin to obtain from the size of theit· buds, a greenish cast at a distance; the gooseberry, which is also in this country and black, have Plll forth thcit· leaves-frost. The white frost killed much ft·uit near Kahokia h' , '~ lie ti1at at St. Louis escaped with little injury. V\' hlte frost; slight; did but lillie injut·y. T.hundct'ed and lightened excessively this morning. ~~~tan~ thunder; sultry tltis evening. I he wmd at four was uncommonly haJ·d. Stmwberrics in the prairies ripe, and abundant. Service berries or wHd cur,.ants ripe and abundant. Mulberries begin to r·ipen; abundant in the bottom of the river. Purple raspberries ripe and abundant. June 11 16 July 4 12 23 Sept. 19 20 2l J 2 27 October 1 .Jl ]JJJC·II tf i X. ~99 1\Iany small birds arc now sitting; some have young: the whlppool'\vill sitting. The wood cluck now have its young; these duck9 arc a.hundant, and except one solitary pelican and a few geese, these ducks were the only aquatic fowl we have yet seen. Saw some ~ccsc with their younR; caught several; they arc not yet fcathct·ed, nor can they fly; the old geese arc in the sarne sit U..ltion at this season. A great number of young geese "nd swan in a lake oppm;ite to the mouth of Fourth of July creek: in the lake there is also an abundance of fish of various species, the pike, perch, carp, cat, sunperch, &c. &c. The deer and bear arc becoming scarce, and the elk bcg·in to appear. C:.ttfish is vct'Y common, aud easy taken in any part or this river; ~ome arc nearly white, particularly auove the Pl.ttte riyer. The leaves of some or the cotton-wood Lcgin to fade: yesterday saw the first brant passing from the nonh" est to sou thcast. The antelope is now rutting; tile swallow has disappeared twelve days. The elk is now rutting; the buiTaluc is nearly ceased; the latter commence the latter cud of July or the first of August. A little foggy this morning; a great number of green-legged plover are passing down the river, also some g·cesc and brant. The air remarkably dry; plums and grapes fully ripe; in thirty-six hours two spoonfulls of water evaporated in a saucer. Saw a large Rock of white gulls, with wings tipped with black. The leaf of the ash, poplat·, and most of the shrubs begin to turn yellow, and decline. |