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answer with the pigs, as they will not eat 

 mouldy corn at all, but cows like it better. 

 Had I remained in that country, I Should 

 have continued to cut corn for cattle in the 

 same manner, the cows preferring soft cOrn 

 to the hard ; and there was besides less waste 

 in that method than any other. The ma- 

 chine for cutting is the best I ever saw, and 

 I shall endeavour to get one made on a 

 similar construction here : with the assist- 

 ance of a person to fill the box, I could cut 

 enough of that sort of food in two hours to 

 serve twenty-seven head of horses and cows 

 for twenty-four hours. 



About this time, which was in September, 

 four of my family were taken with. the 

 yellow fever ; so that myself and one of my 

 sons, for about fourteen days, had all the 

 work to do ; and to churn, cook our own 

 victuals, and the family to nurse besides — ■ 

 a very distressing situation ! The sick part 

 of the family were light-headed, and I dis- 

 covered my wife to have a great desire to 

 come to England again; and I thought that 



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