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honey sold being part of the actual money in- 

 come of the year; during autumn and early 

 winter, all the oysters and crabs that the family 

 could be prevailed upon to eat, the children at 

 last refusing to accept oysters in any shape as 

 a substitute for meat; all the eggs and more 

 than could be used, and chickens for the table 

 from the end of July until far into the winter. 

 With the additional experience of several years 

 of this life I find other sources of income loom- 

 ing up, or rather of money-saving, for I should 

 like to emphasize the idea that it is not money- 

 making I aim at. Some of my friends have 

 succeeded admirably with pigeons ; others have 

 done wonders with mushrooms, an acquaintance 

 of mine out in Jersey having paid his rent and 

 the wages of a man out of the proceeds of one 

 small mushroom house not twenty-five feet 

 square. These are things for future experi- 

 menting with me, but of the others I can speak 

 with knowledge. 



At the same time I would warn any one that 

 there is a certain amount of danger, the worst 

 side of 1 he picture having been set forth amus- 

 ingly, although too flippantly, in my opinion, 



