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potatoes, but nowhere else ; and he surprised 

 me with his drawings of his seedling grapes, 

 his currants and gooseberries, his every thing, 

 indeed ; and he had all particulars about 

 weight, size, and quality, what was kept, 

 and what was done away with. Then he 

 had little samples of glass, of tiles, of sashes, 

 of boilers, of cocks and valves ; indeed, of 

 almost every thing he could want about the 

 gardens. And while he showed me all these, 

 he was so modest, and seemed so pleased to 

 explain to me every thing I wanted to know. 

 He saw how much I enjoyed it, and that I 

 made no pretences to be what I was not, but 

 that I was only a practical man. 



We did not get to bed till near midnight, 

 after a bit of supper ; and then he put me 

 into a nice room, so well furnished, with all 

 the walls hung round with his own drawings 

 of many things ; and instead of a little bed 

 a fine large one, and all beautifully white 

 and clean ; with plenty of little pretty orna- 

 ments on the mantle-shelf, and a Bible and 

 Prayer-book on the dressing-table : just as 

 much as to say, There's the food, take or 

 leave it, as you please ; we've provided it for 

 those that'll relish it. As he bid me good 



