LETTER XVI 



Subsidence of River Fine Weather A Boy's Garden House Old 

 Willow Stump Flowers in Late Autumn List of Plants 

 Blooming in December Pansies Self-sown. 



3O/ 1 // November, 1894. 



DEAR MARCO The river has quite sub- 

 sided again into its proper bed, the wind has 

 shifted to the north-east, and our poor farmers 

 have been getting on with their autumn 

 sowing, which was so long deferred by the 

 incessant rains. 



Beyond a slight coating of sandy mud on 

 those parts which were submerged, my garden 

 looks just as it usually does at this season in 

 other years. The subsoil is very porous, 

 chiefly gravel and sand, so that the ground 

 dries up very quickly. 



