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lightful mansion of Richard Pindle, 1 Esq. whose planta- 

 tion adjoins that of the Hon. Henry Clay. 



Mr. Pindle is another fine specimen of a lawyer farmer, 

 he still following his profession. In the morning, after 

 examining his own and the adjoining plantations, and 

 the beautiful show of fine stock, Mr. Pindle took me in his 

 carriage, and spent the whole day upon those unrivaled 

 plantations, that abound in that most beautiful and un- 

 rivaled country around Lexington. 



I have taken copious notes of many things that gave 

 me great pleasure that day, but I have already spun this 

 letter out to such a length, that I must beg permission, if 

 what I have written should prove interesting, to refer to 

 those notes at some future time. 



There is one fact that I must not omit to mention, that 

 speaks volumes in favor of the prosperity of this city 

 and the high state of improvement of the country; and 

 that is, that nearly every one of the roads diverging from 

 Lexington, is a complete Macadamized turnpike. 



Upon one of these, the Maysville road, I started yester- 

 day at 4 o'clock in the morning, and after passing over 

 some 60 miles of a very fine country, (excepting the cele- 

 brated "Blue lick knobs,") I was set down at 1 o'clock, 

 P.M. at the mouth of Judge Beaty's lane, and calling one 

 of his black boys from a neighboring hemp field, to take 

 charge of my baggage, I walked up to the house, which 

 according to Kentucky fashion, is situated in the middle 

 of a 450 acre tract, about a half mile back from, and out 

 of sight of the road. I found a venerable, good looking, 

 intelligent old man, enjoying his book after dinner, under 

 the shade of a noble old elm in the yard, and at once ap- 

 proached and announced my name, and in five minutes 

 I was as much at home as though under my own roof — 

 and here let me and my readers take a short rest from 

 the labors and remarks of their old friend, 



Solon Robinson. 



1 Richard Pindell, conductor of the Franklin Farmer in 1840. 



