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is so useful, and he knows so much about every 

 thing. 



Some of the land is like forest ground, and 

 has neither been fenced nor drained ; but 

 Franklin says he will gradually bring it into 

 cultivation. I am in hopes I shall have many 

 a pleasant walk there with my uncle ; and then 

 I shall have a good opportunity of seeing the 

 whole process of farming. 



How benevolent my uncle and aunt are ! they 

 are as much interested about Bessy as if they 

 had always known her ; and my uncle's manner 

 is so kind and so cheerful, that he raises the 

 spirits of the poor old couple whenever they 

 see him, 



. My cousins are such gardeners, parti- 

 cularly Mary and Wentworth, that they have 

 made me wish to become one too. Caroline is 

 not so fond of gardening as the others, though 

 she has some very pretty flowers, and labours a 

 good deal. She has given a large portion of her 

 garden to little Frederick, who is her particular 

 charge. He calls himself her little boy, and he 

 is so indeed, for she teaches him most of what 

 he learns, reads with him, and makes herself 

 quite his companion. 



When we were gathering a few still lingering 

 roses to-day in Mary's garden, I said that I 



