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broken down the once wet and reeking spadefuls 

 into the form of dry, loose Mole-heaps. As the 

 tines of the harrow jumped and danced freely 

 through the mingling mass, what a changed appear- 

 ance was left behind! a dry, rich, earthy scent, 

 sweeter than the breath of an Orange-grove, or the 

 evening incense of the hay-field, rose gratefully up 

 to meet the fresh morning beams that shot their 

 influence for the first time on the new face of an old 

 field ; the busy gossamer drew its glittering net-work 

 from point to point in a thousand geometrical forms 

 over the leveled surface. 



" Well ! I never thought to see it look like this ! I 

 should think any thing would grow here ! " 



Such was the remark I overheard. I suppose it 

 came from one of the horses : they were the only 

 living things present that were not pledged to an 

 opposite opinion. The observation, however, if ill- 

 fitting, was not ill-timed : it chimed in with the 

 thoughts that were tumbling over each other in 

 theoretical confusion through the brain of the in- 

 curable Chronicler. What would have been thought 

 of him had he dared to utter them aloud, as they 

 came and went in this strange fashion 



" The PROTOXIDE into the PEROXIDE ! ha ! a beauti- 

 ful change that. Clay, Sand, Peat, and Marl too ! 



