"31* injluence of taste on rural life. Oct.'^t^ 



She has caused to be printed and circulated, a set 

 of recipes for comfortable daily fare, in wholesome 

 sarourj food, prepared from cheap materials, two or 

 three to chuse out of, for each day of the week. 



She has therein accurately described the methods 

 of making excellent pottages of potatoes, seasoned 

 with herrings, or with soy ; which last condimentary 

 liquor fhe has contrived to prepare from our own le- 

 guminous plants, of carrots, of onions, of pease, of 

 coleworts, of cabbages, of lettuces, of beets,. And of 

 turnips. 



She has fhewii them the method of rendering their 

 houses comfortable by means of flues, or little por- 

 table stoves, and has added a number of little useful 

 remarks, relating to the prevention of disease, by 

 cleanlinefs, temperance, the use of ales, and nouriih- 

 ing liquors, instead of ardent spirits ; and concluded 

 the whole with some plain and pertinent advices on 

 the subject of morals, and the education of children ; ' 

 not without some excellent hints relatii^g to indus- 

 try and general economy. While thus employed it 

 is surprising to see the progrefs (he has made in gar- 

 dening, and the knowledge of garden crops cultiva- ■ 

 ted in the field ; and by attention to the habits and 

 wants of the people, is as fit to write a good statis- 

 tical account of the parifli and country as any clergy- 

 man in Scotland. 



" While my help mate is thus virtuously employed, 

 in riding her little pad about the doors, I am scou- 

 ring the fields on my charger of a hobby horse, and 

 smoaking along tli€ roads, to look at bridges, and- 

 irarious objects of rural police, when I can find lei- 



