Henry, jun., give a good idea of the difference in climate and temperature between the western and the central parts of the Canadian Dominion.
The late spring of northern Canada (Lake Nipigon, 50 deg.

N.lat.):--About May 15, the tops of the poplars begin to appear green, with fresh buds; the hills are changing their hue from a dry straw colour to a delightful verdure, and fragrant odours greet us.
"Early in March, 1800, in the Assiniboin country (Manitoba, about 29 deg.
N.lat.) the snow was entirely gone, for this winter had been an abnormally mild one for central Canada.

The birds soon realized the openness of the season, for, on the 7th of March, turkey-buzzards began to arrive from the south, and cormorants, ducks, swans, and other spring birds; indeed, by the 24th of March not only had the snow quite melted, but the meadows had grown so dry with the hot sun that some accidents set them on fire.

By April the 11th the weather had become excessively hot, and immense flocks of the traveller-pigeon (_Ectopistes_) flew northwards over the country." In somewhat similar latitudes (50 deg.) the spring bursts on the Pacific coast region of British Columbia towards the end of February.

"The tall raspberry bushes were in blossom with a beautiful red flower, which appeared more forward than the leaf (_Rubus spectabilis_).