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growing on the banks of the river, and said to be twenty-four 

 feet in circumference. 



We passed the evening at the house of Mr Wadesworth, in 

 agreeable and instructive conversation with the young gentle 

 man, whose acquirements and intelligence were of a superior 

 description. He expressed regret at the necessity of leaving 

 home next day, but offered to place at my disposal his father s 

 carriage, horses, and driver, with introductory letters to his 

 friends in the neighbourhood, and said he himself would show 

 us the country on the day following. Time would not admit of 

 embracing the kind offer, and I notice this attention as credit 

 able to a person of the highest influence and station, on whose 

 good offices I had no claim. It has been my fortune to expe 

 rience attention from eminent agriculturists in all ranks of life 

 in Britain, and while the heart must be held as the seat of 

 kindness, I can bear testimony to having found true agricul 

 tural knowledge, distinguished from what is empirical, con 

 nected with expansion of mind and liberality of sentiment.* 



Next morning we left Genesee and passed through Avon, 

 frequented for its mineral springs, and beauty of situation. 

 While the horses were changing, we found many people in 

 dulging in copious draughts of water, which I prevailed on my 



friend D to taste, when he amused the bystanders by 



making a wry face, and exclaiming in a serious tone of voice, 

 &quot; Do people really drink that for health ? &quot; We dined at a stage 

 house, and were much annoyed by a tipsy person whose im 

 pertinence called for an exercise of patience. He was descended 

 of Irish parents, said to possess property, and seemingly an 



* The following extract is from a letter addressed to me, and dated 26th 

 June, 1834. &quot; I called on Mr Wadesworth, Genesee. The eldest of the 

 brothers died last year, leaving landed property to the amount of about a 

 million and a half of dollars. The remaining brother, a man about seventy, 

 inherits it all. His family consists of two sons and a daughter, the eldest 

 of the sons was on his marriage jaunt. Immediately after introduction I 

 was placed on a good horse, and directed down to the farm, of about 1200 

 acres, where I found your friend amongst, the cattle, without his coat, and 

 I could not help smiling as I contrasted him with our frivolous game-pre 

 serving lairds at home. With a mind infinitely superior to most of them, 

 and the most unexceptionable manners, he considered it no disgrace to be 

 actively engaged in business. I found him agreeable and communicative.&quot; 



