THE GARDEN. 9 



nut-trees ; and at the bottom glides a clear stream, 

 in which we often watch the gambols of the fishes, 

 for our amusement. Choice flowers, of various kinds, 

 are cultivated with great care ; for both my com- 

 panions are skilful florists, as well as botanists. One 

 part, concealed by a shiiibbery, contains all kinds of 

 useful vegetables, and simples for medicines, which 

 Mrs. Saville dispenses to the poor; for she is their 

 doctress, their counsellor, and their friend. Did you 

 know how she is reverenced and beloved, you would 

 not think me quite so much to be pitied. An hour 

 or two is devoted to gardening, by Rachel and my- 

 self; (for I am learning to be useful;) whilst my 

 aunt overlooks her family concerns, and attends to 

 the applications of the poor. I have not yet discover- 

 ed the secret of her management ; for, with a very 

 limited income, she has always the means of re- 

 lief for the truly distressed. But more of this here- 

 after. 



When our business is finished, we sit down to 

 useful needlework, whilst one of us reads some in- 

 structive book to the rest. The most handsome piece 

 of furniture in Mrs. Saville's house, is a large maho- 

 gany book-case, well supplied with a select collection 

 of books in most sciences. This she calls her treasure, 

 and says it is the only fragment she has saved from 

 the wreck of her early fortunes. In her husband's 



