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I slept at Mount- Vernon, and experienced 

 a very kind and comfortable reception; 

 but did not like the land at all. I saw no 

 green grass there, except in the garden: 

 and this was some English grass, appearing 

 to me to be a sort of couch-grass ; it was 

 in drills. There were also six saintfoin 

 plants, which I found the General valued 

 highly. I viewed the oats which were not 

 thrashed, and counted the grains upon each 

 head ; but found no stem with more than 

 four grains, and these of a very light and 

 bad quality, such as I had never seen be- 

 fore : the longest straw was of about twelve 

 inches. The wheat was all thrashed, there- 

 fore I could not ascertain the produce of 

 that : I saw some of the straw, however, 

 and thought it had been cut and prepared 

 for the cattle in the winter ; but I believe 

 I was mistaken, it being short by nature, 

 and with thrashing out it looked like chaff, 

 or as if chopped with a bad knife. The 

 General had two thrashing-machines ; the 

 power given by horses. The clover was 



