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trouble of thinking about things of not imme 

 diate interest. A desire to avoid the reproach 

 of being irreligious induces them to practise 

 an outward conformity. And thus have priest 

 craft with all its frauds, extortions, and im 

 moralities, lived and flourished in defiance of 

 reason and of nature. 



186. However, as there are no farmers in 

 America quite foolish enough to be ruled by 

 the tides in sowing and reaping, I hurry back 

 from this digression to say, that I cannot be ex 

 pected to speak of precise times for doing any 

 work, except as relates to the latitude in which 

 I live, and in which my experiments have been 

 made. I have cultivated a garden at Fre- 

 derickton in the Province of New Brunswick, 

 which is in latitude about forty-eight ; and at 

 Wilmington in Delaware State, which is in lati 

 tude about thirly-ni ne. In both these places I 

 had as fine cabbages, turnips, and garden things 

 of all the hardy sorts, as any man need wish to 

 see. Indian Corn grew and ripened well in 

 fields at Frederickton. And, of course, the 

 summer was sufficient for the perfecting of all 

 plants for cattle-food. And, how necessary is 

 this food in Northern Climates! More to the 

 Southward than Delaware State I have not 

 been; but, in those countries the farmers have 

 to pick and choose. They have two Long 



