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being under two tons. It took about four days,to cure it after 

 cutting, and the whole cost of hay-making was about four dollars 

 an acre. Hay from the stack, of the best quality, would sell at 

 this time in the city of Hereford for twelve dollars a ton. 



The rent of this farm was seven dollars and a half an acre ; 

 tithes, one dollar and a quarter an acre ; road-rates, seventy 

 cents an acre ; all paid by the farmer, together with poor-rates 

 and other burdens. 



A good pair of sound, well-broken, but rather light cart-horses, 

 cost here $185 ; horse-cart, $60 ; harness and gear for each 

 horse, $12. A smith will keep a horse shod for $5 a year. In- 

 surance of horses in the Royal Farmers' Company, 2J per cent, 

 of value per annum. 



After taking tea at the farm-house, our kind guide, Brother 

 , made ready to depart by stuffing some tracts, publica- 

 tions of the Brethren, mostly of a meditative character, into our 

 packs ; we might learn more of their ideas from them, he said, 

 and if they did not interest us, or after we had read them, it 

 might do some one else good to leave them at the inns where we 

 stopped, or in the public conveyances. He begged us if we got 

 into any trouble or needed any assistance for any purpose while 

 in England, to let him know ; and so we parted. We had never 

 heard of this man, nor he of us, till twenty-four hours before. 

 He had then merely received word that three American Chris- 

 tians wayfarers would be passing through his town that night, 

 and so he came out into the highway seeking for us, found us, 

 and had so entertained us as I have shown. He would now 

 walk several miles alone and return home by the night-coach. 



The farmer afterwards had his favorite greyhound let out for 

 us to see, and after another short stroll, finding that we were bent 

 upon leaving him that night, insisted on our coming to the gar- 

 den again and tasting some choice cider made from the Hagloe 



