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Show .JlpjJC'Ittlix. January 25 It is now perceptibly col<.ler than it has been thi~ wintet·. 26 The snow this evening is four an<.l three-quarter inches deep: the isicles continue su spended from the caves of the houses uuring the day; it now appears something like winter, for the first time this season. 27 The sun shone more bright this morning thau it has done since our arrival at this place; the snow since 4 P.M. yesterday, has incre ased to the depth of six inches, and this morning is perceptibly the coldest that we have had. I smpcct. the mercury would stand at t wcnty deg rees abovr naught; the breath is perceptible in our room by the fire. 2S Last night exposed a vessel of water to the air, with a view to discover the depth to which it would frieze in the course of the ni g ht, but unfortu nately the vessel was on ly two inches deep, anrl it friczed the whole thickness; how much more it might have frozen had tho vessel been deeper, is therefore out o f my power to decid e; it is the coldest night that we have had, and I sup} JOse the mcrc \try this m orn in t; would have stood as low as fifteen deg ree::; above n:1u g hl. :n Notwithstanding the cold weather, the swan, white brant, geese and du cks £till continue with us; the sandhill crane also continue s; the brown or speckled brant are mostly ljOnc, some few arc still to be seen; the cormorant, and a variety of other watct· fowls still r e main. The winds from the land brings us cold and clear' weather, while those oblif}uely along either coa!:lt or off the ocean br·ings us warm, damp, cloudy and rainy weu.thcr; the hardest winds arc always fl'Om the southwest. The blue-crested corvus has already began to build its nest; the nest is formed of small sticks, usualfy in a pine tre~ r~!Jrnary 3 f hc J'ain \?'hich ldl in the 1.\tter ('lal't of the night froze, and made a nlig-ht incrustation 011 the snow whicll fell som days past, and also on the bou~~ hs or the trcc:s &c.; ycst<'l'day it continued fui t· until ll A. M. when the wiud veered about to sou thwest, and the horizon w~s immccli•Hcly o vercast with clou ds, which uniformly tnkcs plu.cc when the wind is from that point. 4. .\11 the wnter-rowls before enumerated still continue with us; th<.: bit·ds which rcscmblt: tl1c robbin have now visited us in small numbers; saw two of them y sterday about the fon; U1cy arc gentle. The min of the last nil!ht has melted down the '' snow which has continued to over the g- round since the 24th of January; the f'eding·;or the air and othet· appearances !3cem to indicutc that t he rigor of the winter has passed; it is so warm that we arc apprche n!>ive our meat will s poil, we therefore cut it in small pieces and hang it separately on sti ck::;. Saw a number of i nsects fl ying- abou t: the small bro\\ 11 lly<;i..ttch continues with u 3; this is the smallest o f all the American birds exce pt the humming-bird. l.i The robbin bas returned and is singin1~, which reminds u ~ of spring; some ot ll et· small birds pdsscd on their fligh t from th(' sou th, but were so hig-h that we could not distinguish of what l~ind they were; the robbin had left this plact~ before our anival in November. i b At 11 A . M . it became fair, and the in sect!-> we1·c I ( Hyin;_~ ahc.ut; al half p.\st 1~ o'clock it clouded up and began to J'ain. ~ I( .:\ft1d1 W< rmer this rnotnin~ tlwn tJsual; aqltt,tic :mel olhc 1· uirds, hc·r<'lofor · cuu mcratc<l, continue wiLh u~ still; the sturgcou :lllcl a smull lish li~c the anchn,·.v u r·.· ' in to run, th v ~~r~ tn rn \ +H .. JJ . :) t• |