88 MR BELZOUVER'S FARM. 



mit, on which the statue is placed, and from 

 thence is enjoyed a complete view of the city 

 and surrounding country, with the Patapsco 

 on which the city stands, winding its course 

 to the Chesapeake ; with the combined rich- 

 ness and magnificence of this scenery I was 

 much delighted. 



In the afternoon I drove out with the land- 

 lord of the hotel, Mr Belzouver, to inspect a 

 farm of 300 acres possessed by him, four miles 

 from the city. This farm is well cultivated in 

 the American manner, with wheat and Indian 

 corn, and I found Mr Belzouver, displaying 

 as a farmer, more enterprize and tact than com- 

 mon, having imported several Durham cows 

 and bulls, and possessing a herd of eighteen 

 cows and heifers, partly reared by himself. As 

 regards shape, breeding, and condition, they 

 are the best I had yet seen in the States, and 

 indeed, as to some of the animals, as good as 

 are to be met with in any country. 



After all, there was even in his case an ob- 

 vious deficiency in housing, although, from 

 the advanced state of the season, the condition 



