A 



YEAR'^S RESIDENCE, 



IN THE 



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



Treatine: of the Face of the Country, the Climate, the 

 Soil, the Products, the Mode of Cultivating the Land, 

 the Prices of Land, of Labour, of Food, of Raiment; 

 of the Expenses of House-keeping, and of the usual 

 Manner of Living ; of the Manners and Customs of 

 the People ; and of the Institutions of the Country, 

 Civil, Political, and Religious. 



IN THREE PARTS. 



BV WIX.Z.ZA1III COBBSTT. 



THIRD EDITION. 



PART I. 



Containing, — I. A Description of the Face of the Country, 

 the Climate, the Seasons, and the Soil, the facts being taken 

 from the Author's daily notes during a whole year. — II. An 

 Account of the AuUior's agricultural experiments in the 

 Cultivation of the Ruta Baga, or Russia, or Swedish Turnip, 

 M'hich affMd proof of what the climate and soil are. 



LONDON : 

 Printed for J. M. Cobbett, 183, Fleet Strr( t. 



18'i2. 



