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old school, I sit down before the problem. It 

 is not necessary that my forces should assume 

 this contemplative attitude also. They can work 

 away at those Philistines, the weeds, wherever 

 they show themselves, while I develop such def- 

 inite, decisive steps- as are possible to one also 

 burdened with the duty of digesting a dinner. 

 The mid-day sun is still intense, and I progress 

 with my strategy with an eye to its westward 

 decline. But as the vertical rays cease, as the 

 cool shadows creep eastward, I step forth from 

 my retirement with the air of one resolved. I 

 determine, in the first place, upon making a 

 strawberry-bed that will astonish the natives. 

 Here is a suitable piece of ground from which 

 some early crop has been taken. It is in the 

 main a sandy loam, a little too light in some 

 places but fair throughout. Having had it 

 thoroughly cleared, leaving not a sprig of white 

 clover or sorrel, for however deep you bury 



