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are desirable ; but not to English farmers, who have 

 great skill in fine cultivation, and who can purchase 

 near New York or Philadelphia. This Yankee (the 

 inhabitants of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massa- 

 chusetts and New Hampshire, only, are called Yankees) 

 was about the age of Sir Fr.wcis Burdktt, and, if he 

 had been dressed in the usual clothes of Sir Francis, 

 would have passed for him. Features, hair, eyes, 

 height, malie, manner, look, hasty utterance at times, 

 musical voice, frank deportment, pleasant smile. All 

 the very fac-simile of him. I had some early York 

 cabbage-seed and some cauliflower-seed in my pocket, 

 which "had been sent me from London, in a letter, and 

 which had reached me at Harrisburgh. I cou'.d not 

 help giving him a little of each. 



13. Same weather. A fine open day. Rather a 

 cold May-day for England. Came to New York bj 

 the steam-boat. Over to this island by another, took a 

 little light wagon, that whisked me home over roads as 

 dry and as smooth as gravel walks in an English 

 bishop's garden in the month of July. Great contrast 

 with the bottomless muds of New Jersey ! As I came 

 along, saw those fields of rye, which were so green in 

 December, noM' tchite. Not a single sprig of green on 

 the face of the earth. Found that my man had plouyh- 

 ed ten acres qfgrorind. The frost not quite clean out 

 of the ground. It has penetrated two feet eight inches. 

 The weather here has been nearly about the same as in 

 Pennsylvama ; only less snow, and less rain. 



14. Open weather. Very fine. Not quite so warm. 



15. Same weather. Young chickens. 1 hear of no 

 other in the neighbourhood. This is the eflfect of my 

 rearm fowl-home! The house has been supplied with 

 eggs all the icinter, without any interruption, I am 

 told, that this has been the case at no other house here- 

 abouts. We have now an abundance of eggs. More 

 than a large family can consume. We send some to 

 market. The foMls, I find, have wanted no feeding 

 except during the snow, or, in the very, very cold days, 

 when they did not come out of their hojise all the dag. 

 A certain proof that they Idee the warmth. 



16. Little frost in the morning. Very fine day. 



