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with clover or hay-seed. As for the latter, 

 it would not produce a sprig ; and clover, 

 if set at all, would not grow long enough 

 for a scythe to catch it. Indeed I ne- 

 ver, during my residence in that country, 

 saw an American (so far as his finances 

 would allow, or land produce) more negli - 

 gent than we are in England ; but their 

 principal methods of improvement are fre- 

 quently impracticable forwant of the means. 

 It is impossible for the farming in America 

 to return much money, — or what may be 

 deemed necessary ; for the cultivators and 

 their horses will eat up the greater part of 

 the produce. 



I believe there are not four persons in 

 the world who act their parts in a more 

 proper manner to get money than the 

 before-mentioned waggoner, his wife, son, 

 and daughter ; aod I am not asliamed to 

 confess, that the example of these people's ^ 

 industry, which was so poorly rewarded, 

 — for they lived miserably compared to an 



