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that England can produce. And, having now 

 provided the two principal articles, I will sup 

 pose, as a matter of course, that a gentleman 

 will have a garden, an orchard, and a cow or 

 two ; but, if he should be able (no easy matter) 

 to find a genteel country-house without these 

 conveniences, he may buy butter, cheaper, and, 

 upon an average, better than in England. The 

 garden stuff, if he send to New York for it, he 

 must buy pretty dear ; and, faith, he ought to 

 buy it dear, if he will not have some planted 

 and preserved. 



330. Cheese, of the North River produce, I 

 have bought as good of Mr. STICKLER of New 

 York as I ever tasted in all my life; and, in 

 deed, no better cheese need be wished for than 

 what is now made in this country. The ave 

 rage price is about seven pence a pound (English 

 money), which is much lower than even mid 

 dling cheese is in England. Perhaps, generally 

 speaking, the cheese here is not so good as the 

 better kinds in England ; but, there is none 

 here so poor as the poorest in England. Indeed 

 the people would not eat it, which is the best 

 security against its being made. Mind, J state 

 distinctly, that as good cheese as I ever tasted, 

 if not the best, was of American produce, J 

 know the article well. Bread and cheese din 

 ners have been the dinners of a good fourth of 



