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Dollars. 

 Brought over . . . 14,700 

 Sundry articles of furniture, ironmongery, pot- 

 tery, glass, &c 500 



Sundries, fruit trees, &c 100 



First instalment already paid 720 



Five horses on hand, worth 300 



Expense of freight and carriage of linen, bed- 

 ding, books, clothing, &c 1,000 



Value of articles brought from England . . . 4,500 



Voyage and journey 2,000 



Doll. 23,820 

 23,820 dollars =^5,359 sterling. 



Allow about 600 dollars more for ) .141 

 seed and com ) 



^5,500 



593. So, here is more than one-third of the amount 

 of Mr. Judge La>vrence's farm. To be sure, there are 

 only about 18,000 dollars expended on land, buildings, 

 and getting at them ; but, what a life is that which you 

 are to lead for a thousand dollars a-year, when two 

 good domestic servants will cost four hundred of the 

 money ? Will you live like one of the Yeomen of your 

 rank here? Then, I assure you, that your domestics 

 and groceries (the latter three times as dear as they are 

 here) and crockery-M are (equally dear) will more than 

 swallow up that pitiful sum. You allow- six thousand 

 dollars for buildings. Twice the sum Mould not put 

 you, in this respect, upon a footing with Mr. Lawrence. 

 His land is all completely fenced and his grain in the 

 ground. His apple-trees have six thousand bushels of 

 apples in their buds, ready to come out in the spring; 

 and, a large part of these to be sold at a high price to 

 go on ship-board. But, what is to give you his market ? 

 What is to make your pork, as soon as killed, sell for 

 9 or 10 dollars a hundred, and your cows at 45 or 50 

 dollars each, and your beef at 7 or 8 dollars a hundred, 

 and your corn at a dollar, and wheat at two dollars a 

 bushel! 



594. However, happiness is in the mind ; and, if it 

 be necessary to the gratification of your mind to inhabit 



