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which time nothing farther occurred deserv- 

 ing notice, except that I one day crossed over 

 to New Jersey, with a view to a purchase for 

 my daughter, of a farm thirty miles in the in- 

 terior, which I understood was for sale. It is 

 called Glover Farm, having formerly belonged 

 to a Colonel Glover, but is now the property 

 of a Mr Grieve, formerly a Fifeshire farmer 

 and cattle-dealer, whom I had often met in 

 Scotland, and who on my appearance now at 

 his house, betrayed as much surprise as if I 

 had dropped from the clouds. 



I found an excellent stone and brick built 

 house, containing a hall, two large public 

 rooms, and eight or ten bed-chambers situate 

 on an eminence with a neat garden in front 

 and more resembling a gentleman's house in 

 Scotland than any I had remarked in this coun- 

 try. The property consists of 169 acres of 

 arable land, and 99 in wood the soil light 

 and gravelly, and by no means in good order. 

 The crops were light and consisted of wheat, 

 Indian corn, oats, and clover, with thirty acres 

 in meadow. A few dairy cows was all the 



