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among other things, before ; and had the 

 good luck to meet with a man to mow it, 

 who gave me a promise (of his own accord) 

 to mow the meadow and bring a partner 

 along with him. His wages were a dollar 

 a. day, with his meat and a pint of whisky. 

 He mowed nearly an acre, on some days ; 

 on the average, about three roods. He 

 having asked for this second job as a favour, 

 and that I would not engage any one else, 

 and the time being appointed, &c. I made 

 myself easy as to getting the meadow mow- 

 ed ; but I never saw him again. When the 

 time came, I began to enquire for mowers. 

 First one set came and took it to do, and 

 then another ; and I found there were a set 

 of people who had made it their business to 

 persuade the men who undertook it, to. dis- 

 appoint me. The deuce a one ever came 

 to begin to mow ! and I began to think 

 that I must mow it myself, or else lose the 

 hay, which was the only thing of any real 

 value on the farm. At last, with a great deal 

 of trouble and vexation, I got it mowed with 



