went through here to-night armed with shot-guns. They have spent what I suppose they call an ideal holiday unless it would have come nearer perfection if they had had more than the two rabbits which bulged the back of Nanny's coat to show for their tramp. Cloudy and raw.

Tuesday November 8th

Dad. took the big team and started to plough in the corner field this morning and I hooked the little team to the waggon and took Mr. Clarke's barrels down to old Maneer and he promised to ship them to-morrow. I left some oats at the mill for chop on my way down and went back that way to get them but had to wait a long time for them. When I got home I went out and got three shocks of corn (all I could pile on the waggon) and hauled them into the barn. It turned out a very rough after noon and Dad. and I just did chores. I had intended getting in the rest of the mangels but it started in to snow about noon and this after noon developed into a heavy snowfall and to-night the ground is covered several inches deep with it still storming