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(m the inhabitanu told mc ilut earlv r.ih- 

 bages were so n and Tery dear ia 

 their country) I thought they would be a 

 V crop^ at five cents and a half each. 



The comport had a most wonderful effect. 

 It is cu>iomary, when the gan' rs set out 

 cabbage-plants to stand the winter, to place 

 ihcm in diilN, ^^ith a t ' towards the 

 oorth-weat side, and cover them with the 

 bouphfi of trct's, wlili the leaves on. I iliJ 

 the same : but, by way of trial, I left some 

 uncovered ; having an opinion the rich- 

 nc'^s of the compost would preserve them : 



$n It did ; aiul I saw lilllc i bc- 



twixi il. uncovered and thote coverctf, 

 for the covcrini^ J ?omc\ where the 



J. V too close to them ; and there 



were about as many stood ihc winter in one 

 patt as in the Other. But their siamiin ^ ' 

 1^'^nter i« c>f little consequence : t<»r in \ 

 f; : at IcaRt in sunr m is so 



h r, AS to cause them to run t(^ ^i ; and 

 \ V I \ 1( w out of the number set Ix . ^ mc c.ii»- 



b,»^c->. Clover is sown on the v **, iu llic 



