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all sensible to beauty, in art or nature. I only 

 wish you could all have seen it, my dear 

 friends." 



18th. This has been a most charming day ; 

 the mild calm dry feel of the air reminded me 

 of the lovely weather that we are accustomed to 

 at Rio. Here the days are very changeable ; 

 but then the nights have not that extreme chil- 

 liness that they have in Brazil. 



It was resolved, at breakfast, in order to shew 

 me a little of the country, that we should take a 

 long walk visit a farmer who lives about a mile 

 and a-half from this and then return by a dif- 

 ferent way, through a hamlet, inhabited by some 

 of the poorest class. 



We were all ready at one o'clock, which was 

 the appointed hour. My uncle dislikes very 

 much that people should not be ready in time, 

 and really considers it a fault not to be punctual ; 

 he says, it shews a selfish disregard of the wishes 

 of others, and besides, that a great deal of time 

 is wasted melted away by waiting for each 

 other. I hope I shall learn to be more exact 

 than I used to be, when with my indulgent mo- 

 ther. 



We walked through several fields ; but they all 

 had a confined appearance, from being so much 

 more fenced than the open country to which I 



