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them in the holes and covering them with earth. In a year 

 I had the very great satisfaction to see my barren vineyard 

 become quite beautiful. This plan I continued every year, 

 and now my vines grow splendidly, and remain the whole 

 summer green, even in the greatest heat. 



" All my neighbours wonder very much how my vineyard 

 is so rich, and that I obtain so many grapes from it, and yet 

 they all know that I have put no dung upon it for ten 

 years." 



