become a general article in America ; for 

 the heat of the sun causes the outer coat to 

 crack and smell ; and the flies strike it, and, 

 notwithstanding the most watchful atten- 

 tion, will destroy a great many, and damage 

 others. As to butter, the milk can only be 

 kept in spring-houses, (a building with a 

 stream of water running through it for the 

 milk-pans to stand in,) and then not a 

 proper time to make all the cream rise, as it 

 does in England ; therefore there will be a 

 great loss in the proportion of milk taken 

 from the cows ; and when the butter is 

 churned, except with those that have ice- 

 houses, the sun renders it so soft, and so 

 disagreeable, as to be scarcely worth any 

 thing. Such as have it to carry to market 

 must go in the night : it is usual in the 

 towns and cities for the market to begin by 

 two o'clock in the morning. A farmer's 

 waggon in America, when she comes into 

 market, is something like a pedlar's pack: 

 it consists of butter, eggs, fruits, potatoes, 



