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Dollars. 

 Brought over . , . 2300' 

 Harvesting and threshing 100 acres more '^ 



wheat 350* 



Additional incidents 60 



2700 



• ? -.-.iff 



Produce of fourth Year. i :f 



200 acres Indian corn, as above . . . 4000 i 



200 acres wheat 3000 — 700O" 



Net produce 4300- 

 Summary. 



EXPENSES. PRODUCE. 



Dollars Dollnrs, 



First year 1000 . . 2000 



Second 1400 . . 3.500 



Third 2300 . . 5500 



Fourth 2700 . . 7000 



18000 



House-keeping and other 



expenses tor four years . 4000 11,400 '' 



Net proceeds per annum 1650 



Increasing value of land by cultivation and set- 

 tlements, half a dollar per ann. on 640 acres 320 

 Annual clear profit 1970 



598. " Twenty more : kill 'em ! Twenty more : kill 

 " them too !" No : I Avill not compare you to Bobadil : 

 for he was an intentional deceiver ; and you are unin- 

 tentionally deceiving others and yourself too. But, 

 really, there is in this statement something so extrava- 

 gant ; so perfectly >vild ; so ridiculously and staringly 

 untrue, that it is not without a great deal of difficulty that 

 all my respect for you personally can subdue in me the 

 temptation to treat it with the contempt due to its in- 

 trinsic demerits. 



599. 1 shall notice only a few of the items. A house, 

 you say, " exceedingly convenient and comfortable, 

 " together with farm-buildings, may be built for 1500 

 " dollars." Your own intended house you estimate at 

 4500, and your out-buildings at 1500. So that, i/this 

 house of the farmer (an English farmer, mind) and his 



