CHAP. I.] CLIMATE, SEASONS, &C. 89 



1818. 



March 31. forgot, that it was likely, that the 

 absence of shoe-nails argued an ab 

 sence of the want of them. The 

 nails are not come ; and I have not 

 wanted tbem. There is no dirt, 

 except for about ten days at the 

 breaking up of the frost. The dress 

 of a labourer does not cost half so 

 much as in England. This dryness 

 j ov is singularly favourable to all ani 

 mals. They are hurt far less by 

 dry cold, than by warm drip, drip, 

 drip, as it is in England. There 

 has been nothing green in the gar 

 den, that is to say, above ground, 

 since December ; but, we have had, 

 all winter, and have now, white 

 cabbages, green savoys, parsnips, 

 carrots, beets, young onions, radishes, 

 white turnips, Swedish turnips, and 

 potatoes; and all these in abun 

 dance (except radishes, which were 

 a few to try), and always at hand 

 at a minute's warning. The modes 

 of preserving will be given in ano 

 ther part of the work. What can 

 any body want more than these 

 things in the garden way ? However 



