iBI2 ANiSItJAL REGISTER, 1805. 



tended greatly towards the support 

 of my family, I began to erect a 

 dwelling on the spot, the walls of 

 ■which are composed of turfs, the 

 roof rafted and thatched by myself ; 

 to which has been added, as I was 

 able, barn, stable, cart-house, and 

 other coBTcnient out-houses for my 

 cattle, &c. which at present consist 

 of three horses, and one cow rising 

 five years, two heifers rising three 

 and four years, two steers rising two 

 years, and one yearling. To which 

 may be added, as another part of 

 my small stock, a few bushels of 

 different kinds of grain, and a small 

 quantity of hay, plough, harrow, 

 cart, slide, wheel-barrows, &c. &c. 

 of tools necessary for husbandry. 



For the more particularly under- 

 standing the extent and nature of 

 my enclosure, with the various kinds 

 of tillage they are applied to at pre- 

 sent, I hope the plan I have sent, 

 though imperfect, will be found suf- 

 ficient. 



1 have efifected the whole improve- 



ment by my industry, as, when I 

 began it, I was worth no more than 

 the mare before-mentioned, and the 

 shilling I had earned on the first of 

 my operations. I have a large 

 swelling on my hand, which I was 

 born with, and which extends from 

 the middle joints of the fingers on 

 the left hand, to nearly the elbow. 

 Though this has not rendered my 

 hand quite useless, yet it is so in a 

 great degree, as I cannot use my 

 fingers to take off my clothes, but 

 am obliged to be assisted, and with- 

 in these last few years it gets worse ; 

 but still, thank God, it is of use to 

 me in my more laborious calling. 

 I am, sir. 

 Your obedient servant, 

 C. Taylor, esq. Wm. Pearce. 



These are to certify, that we verily 

 believe the above to be a true state- 

 ment, most of it coming under our 

 own knowledge, 



James Kempthorne, R. N. 



Thomas Humphries, Lieu- 



tenant Royal Navy. 



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