could not live comfortably with it. The 

 cultivation of one's own land, he was sure 

 would make any man poor. 



He had just got from Mr. Honeyborn a 

 bull and two cows, which had cost him 

 one thousand pounds currency. He wish- 

 ed me to dine with him. I did so ; and 

 he made me promise to go, as soon as he 

 was well enough, to Canton (the name of 

 the place where he kept these fine cattle) 

 to give my 1 opinion of them. That planta- 

 tion was at the distance of a mile and a half 

 from Baltimore ; and consisted of two 

 thousand five hundred acres. Soon after- 

 wards a day was appointed ; and I accom- 

 panied Mr. O'Donnell, General Ridgely, 

 and a Mr. Gough, to Canton* This last 

 gentleman was distinguished for breeding 

 short-horned and large cattle ; although 

 very improper for America, as no poor land 

 ought to have large animals upon it. We 

 found two tolerably good cows, or what 

 must be termed very good ones in America ; 

 the bull was but so-so. I gave Mr. O'Don- 



