December 1, 1775

Posted by sydney on Dec 1st, 1775

Many species of flies come forth.  Bats are out, & preying on phalaenae.  The berries of Ivy, which blowed in the end of Sep: now half grown.  A noble & providential supply for birds in winter & spring!  for the first severe frost freezes, & spoils all the haws, sometimes by the middle of Novr.  Ivy-berries do not seem to freeze.  Large, grey, shell-less cellar snails lay themselves up about the same time with those that live abroad: hence it is plain that a defect of warmth alone is not the only causes that influences their retreat.  The rudiments of the arbutus-fruit swell, & grow.  Laurustines continue to blow.

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