128 BUCKWHEAT BEAN FOR FEEDING. 



cake I have seen in America ; and when eaten hot with 

 maple syrup, they are really delicious. 



The bran of this curly buckwheat is greatly approved 

 of for feeding pigs. Without it, my landlord affirmed 

 that they could not raise good pork at all. This, of 

 course, is only a superlative mode of expression. The 

 shellings or outer husk of this grain are sent down the 

 stream by the millers, as the oat-shellings used to be by 

 the millers of North Britain. When they understand 

 the wants of their land, and become anxious to supply 

 them, they will find out a method of converting this 

 waste into a valuable manure. 



Nov. 5. For two days the snow fell continuously, 

 but a thaw then set in rapidly ; and this morning, though 

 frosty and clear above, the fields were green and free 

 from snow below. I mounted a light waggon, there 

 fore, with a pair of good horses, and started across the 

 country by a little-frequented line of road for St John, 

 a distance of forty-five miles. During the first seven or 

 eight miles, w r hile my own waggon went on, I had the 

 pleasure of the society of Mr Evanson of Sussex Vale, of 

 w r hose hospitable attentions I have formerly spoken, who 

 accompanied and conveyed me so far. 



The first part, of the journey was over good land ; but 

 as soon as we were fairly out of the valley, I found 

 myself again upon the grey coal-measure sandstones, 

 which appeared in the brooks and on the hill-tops. Thin 

 seams of coal had even been discovered in the bed of 

 the brook, but, during the brief search my time per 

 mitted me to make, I was unable to find them. I passed 

 much good land, however, chiefly of a red colour, 

 bearing hardwood, and occasional stony or rocky tracts 

 resting on the grey sandstones, before I came to the 

 Hammond Kiver, a distance of fifteen miles. This 

 uncleared or wild land is all granted the property of 

 private proprietors, that is and, within five or six miles 



