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Whereupon my father with a smile of amiable 

 complacency, and strict intelligence of my thoughts, 

 did thus Vvith great condescension, apply himself 

 to the train of my reflexions. 



My son, (said he,) verily it giveth me no small 

 contentment to see that in the midst of admiration, 

 and kind fellowfliip, in my delectations, you do fhow 

 forth the rudiments and seeds of the fair blofsom of 

 pTudence and economy, which I pray God to ripen 

 into the goodly fruit of ivell ordered expence; a vir- 

 tue which standeth high on the tree of the know- 

 ledge of good, and of evil. 



Engaged as I have long been in a function of 

 great fatigue and anxiety of mind, it was necefsary 

 that I ihould seek for recreations that fhould renew 

 the vigour of my mind, and fit me for continuing 

 the performance of mine arduous duties. 



In none could I find such sweet and healthful va- 

 iiety as in these you now behold, which I take to be 

 the purest of humane pleasures, as they were in- 

 deed the first that were devised and recommended 

 unto man by his heavenly maker. 



God Almighty first planted a garden, and he 

 hath planted in the mind of man an extraordinary 

 delight in the operations of agriculture, aird in be- 

 holding the growth and progrefs of the vegetable 

 kingdom. 



It is the greatest refrefliment to the spirits of 

 man, without which, even palaces are but grofs han- 

 dy works, and a man fliall ever see, that when ages 

 grow to civility and elegance, they lose the chaste 

 fruitiou cf the simple delights that hide themselves 



