14 CLIMATE, SEASONS, &C. [PART I. 



grow and flourish here. This want of attention 

 in such cases is hereditary from the first settlers. 

 They found land so plenty, that they treated 

 small spots with contempt. Besides, the example 

 of neatness was wanting. There were no gen 

 tlemen's gardens, kept as clean as drawing- 

 rooms, with grass as even as a carpet. From 

 endeavouring to imitate perfection men arrive at 

 mediocrity ; and, those who never have seen, or 

 heard of perfection, in these matters, will natu 

 rally be slovens. 



19. Yet, notwithstanding these blots, as I 

 deem them, the face of the country, in summer, 

 is very fine. From December to May, there is 

 not a speck of green. No green-grass and tur 

 nips, and wheat, and rye, and rape, as in Eng 

 land. The frost comes and sweeps all vegeta 

 tion and verdant existence from the face of the 

 earth. The wheat and rye live ; but, they lose 

 all their verdure. Yet the state of things in 

 June, is, as to crops, and fruits, much about 

 what it is in England ; for, when things do 

 begin to grow, they grow indeed ; and the 

 general harvest for grain (what we call corn) is 

 a full month earlier than in the South of Eng 

 land! 



20. Having now given a sketch of the face of 

 the country, it only remains for me to speak in 

 this place of the Climate and Seasons, because 

 1 shall sufficiently describe the Soil, when I 



