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forms any kind of sod on land in America 3 

 for by nature I never saw a sod in the coun- 

 try, but where the herd grass grew. The 

 earth is so loose as not to cause grasses to 

 form a sod, as in England ; the swamps 

 are the very same. 



As a proof of that — Mr. Boadley, of Phi- 

 ladelphia, in my search for this grass, gave 

 me a letter of introduction to one Colonel 

 Morgan, of Princeton. I had found this 

 seed offered for sale by a seedsman in Phila- 

 delphia, and he very much recommended 

 it ; but, as I supposed that he, in all pro- 

 bability, knew nothing about its natural 

 qualities, I determined to find the cultiva- 

 tor, and accordingly set out to see that gen- 

 tleman, who is looked up to as a very im- 

 proving man in the arts of breeding cattle, 

 horses, hogs, and particularly sheep ; so 

 much so as to endeavour to give me proof 

 that his sheep were superior to the Dishley, 

 or New Leicesters, in England, by saying 

 that he went to see a gentleman of the name 

 of Mr. Saint-John, who had got some sheep 



