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haiulsoinr ami rouiul shai)c<l. Caltlr kept Iroiii l.advdaN' lo Micliafliiias 

 in liis linu' \ci[ a prolil of j;().v. a])i.(r, which, he athls, aiakcs oood 

 interest tor one's nioiu-y. Ilr put the sclhiii; Wfioht of an ox at (jooll)., 

 a cow 50olb., wcllicr shrcp jjlh. prr (juartiT, and a fwr at about i8lh. 



He rails (hrr thr most nohlr oamc in ICi^o'land. He rctkonod om- 

 aiTc- of park land \ahu'd lo.v. per arrc would keep thrc<- fallow dotT 

 constantly, with an allowance of ha_\- when snow is on the ground, ^'ou 

 may kill the buck from July to the middh' of Sej)teml)er, when comes in 

 the doe season, and lasts unld C"andlem;is, while fawns nia\- be killed 

 from July to Sej)tember. lie names the deer rather differently to an 

 earlier writer. The male red deer of the first year is called a hind's 

 calf, the second year a luibber, the ihird \-ear a brock, the fourth a 

 haggard, and the fifth year a stag. The female the lirst year a hind's 

 calf, the second year a hearse or brock's sister, and the third vear a 

 hind. The male of the fallow deer the first year is called a fawn, the 

 stH-ond a prickett, the third a sorrel, tin- fourth a sore, and the fifth a 

 buck ; the female hrst year a fawn, second year a tegg, third vear a doe. 

 For the proper numbering of game a brace and a leish, or a brace and 

 a half of bucks, does, hares, fish, partridges, pheasants, corks, and 

 snipes, and a couple of rabbits, turkeys, geese, ducks, fowls, and hounds. 

 He mentions many old statutes having reference to the tenure of land, 

 and he calls England the happiest kingdom in the known world. No 

 country has laws more for the ease and preservation of a peo])le, and 

 no products conducing more to the support of life, health, and grandeur ; 

 and no more polite people are to be met in any nation. The other 

 subjects of the author's notice are on gardening and fruit trees, with 

 monthly directions as to what clothes are required to suit the weather, 

 and he finishes up w ith a lengthy poem in praise of country life. He 

 died in i 744. 



REV. JOHN LAURENCE. 



Fr)GS-i732. 



In more ways than one the clergy of our land are often .aids to tlu; 

 welfare and happiness of the community. In the present instance we 

 have a set of books on husbandr\- aiul gardening, all containing a mass 

 of the most useful information. As might be expected, whenever an 

 amateur writes competently u])on an)- art with which he is thoroughly 

 conversant, he usvially discourses more insf rncti\cl\ ih.in does a 

 contemporary practitioner of that art. This is to be expected, because the 

 amateur knows, from comparati\ely recent experience, the description of 



