The Rescue of an Old Place 



water that it would only afford a crop of 

 marsh-grass. 



The neighborhood of this meadow was 

 thought to be one of the drawbacks of the 

 spot by many; but knowing that it was 

 perfectly wholesome, and certainly beauti- 

 ful, to us it was only an added advantage, 

 so long as the gravelly knoll gave us so 

 good a foundation for our dwelling. 

 A ftnce of Our first problem, the fences, we deter- 

 mined to deal with by planting Willows. 

 The barren hillside was to be screened 

 with Pines, and procuring and setting these 

 was our first subject for consideration. 



