CHAP. I.] CLIMATE, SEASONS, &C. 8? 



1818. 



March 23. wind blows cold; but, she has 

 drawn together great heaps of leaves, 

 and protects her young ones with 

 surprising sagacity and exemplary 

 care and fondness. 



24. Same weather. 



25. Still mild and fair. 



26. Very cold wind. We try to get 

 the sow and pigs into the buildings. 

 But the pigs do not follow, and we 

 cannot, with all our temptations of 

 corn and all our caresses, get the 

 sow to move without them by her 

 side. She must remain 'till they 

 choose to travel. How does nature, 

 through the conduct of this animal, 

 reproach those mothers, who cast 

 off their new-born infants to depend 

 on a hireling's breast! Let every 

 young man, before he marry, read, 

 upon this subject, the pretty poem 

 of Mr.RoscoE, called "the NURSE;" 

 and, let him also read, on the same 

 subject, the eloquent, beautiful, and 

 soul-affecting passage, in Rousseau's 

 " Emile" 



27. Fine warm day. Then high wind, 

 rain, snow, and hard frost before 

 morning. 



