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St. Michaels ( First goose seen
                april 26 1878
                         1879

April 1st to 12th
the temperature was mild and frequent snow showers fell- from this time up to the 18th
the weather was very cold, on the 17th falling to -20°. Equalling the coldest weather of March. The warm days the first of the month began to uncover the tundra but since then new snow [[strikethrough]] fall [[/strikethrough]] has fallen and recovered it again. Raw northerly winds keeping the temperature down in spite of the rapidly lengthening