points of interest, — mentions "the garden" of each 

 ship, as having been, of all such places, the favor- 

 ite lounge. These "gardens" were two small hot- 

 bed frames, which had been brought out from England 

 for the purpose, and set up on a sunny hill-side. 

 "The attempt," says he, "at rearing a variety of 

 vegetables, succeeded to admiration ; by dint of coax- 

 ing, mustard and cress — peas two inches high — and 

 radishes the thickness of threads, crowned our en- 

 deavors in the Heckla, to the weight of three pounds 

 when all mixed together. But the gardens, never- 

 theless, answered one excellent purpose, by making 

 many of our people walk to observe their progress, 

 who otherwise would have taken no exercise." On 

 their return to England the next year, they passed 

 near Winter Island about the first of September, and 

 Captain Parry could not resist the temptation, though 

 attended with some risk, of sending a boat ashore to 

 see what had become of their gardens ; and on their 

 return, they brought with them radishes, mustard and 

 onions, which had survived the winter, and were 

 still alive, seventeen months from the time they were 

 planted. 



If this sentiment was so strong in the breasts of 

 these sailors, where it scarcely could be the effect 

 of education and habit, how powerful must it prove 

 under more propitious circumstances ! The enjoy- 

 ment of a garden is, in truth, so congenial to our 

 ideas of happiness, as to be desired by all men, of 

 all ranks and professions. Those who toil hard in 

 the pursuit of gain, amid the dust and turmoil of 

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