120 GARDENS. 



manger and a hay-rack for each animal ; it is 

 paved with wood, and having just been white- 

 washed, appears as neat and clean as any gen- 

 tleman's stable. 



The only stock I saw here were a few dairy 

 cows, of no distinct breed ; but Mr Sheaff says 

 he has grazing at some distance a herd of short- 

 horns which he describes as first-rate. We 

 were however so oppressed with heat, the ther- 

 mometer standing at 95 in the shade, that no 

 one of the party was inclined to undertake the 

 walk to their pastures. 



Mr SheaiF has a garden and several fine or- 

 chards ; in speaking of which, I may notice 

 that making out a garden in the States, occa- 

 sions no expense in comparison with what a gar- 

 den costs with us j no walls or forcing houses 

 are required, as grapes, peaches, and every de- 

 scription of fruit ripen here on standards in the 

 open air. The Americans however, probably 

 just from the very facility of creating them, 

 do not seem to take much interest or pleasure 

 in their gardens, and Mr SheafPs was the best 

 I had seen. 



