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but to tend towards the prolongation of life. For nothing 

 can be more available to health and long life, than a sedate 

 quiet mind, attended with these rural delights, a healthful 

 air, and moderate exercise, which may here be found in all 

 seasons of the year/' 



He also published, The Second Parts of Sy sterna Agricul- 

 ture, 8vo. 1689. 



The Second Part of Vinetum Britannicum, 8vo. 1089. 

 This is usually bound with the above. 



His attachment to whatever concerns a rural life, shines 

 through most of his pages. Take the few following for a 

 specimen : — 



In his description of the month of April, he says, " In this 

 month your garden appears in its greatest beauty, the blos- 

 soms of the fruit-trees prognosticate the plenty of fruits for 

 all the succeeding summer months, unless prevented by un- 

 timely frosts or blights. The bees now buz in every corner 

 of your garden to seek for food; the birds sing in every bush, 

 and the sweet nightingale tunes her warbling notes in your 

 solitary walks, whilst the other birds are at their rest. The 

 beasts of the woods Look out into the plains, and the fishes of 

 the deep sport themselves in the shallow waters. The air is 

 wholesome, and the earth pleasant, beginning now to be 

 cloathed in nature's best array, exceeding all art's glory. 

 This is the time that whets the wits of several nations to 

 prove their own country to have been the Garden of Eden, 

 or the terrestrial paradise, however it appears all the year 

 besides. In case unseasonable weather hinders not, the 

 pleasantness and salubrity of the air now tempts the sound 

 to the free enjoyment of it, rather than to enjoy the plea- 

 sures of Bacchus in a smoaky coiner." In his month of 



