fire- fide ; whofe loads will contain the 

 faireft meafure ? 



Bad weather comes, too wet to employ 

 the horfes : let the gentleman remark what 

 fort of a day's work he has on fuch occa- 

 iions out of his horfe-keeper. 



Perhaps the farm is fituated within reach 

 of town-dung ; the weather is too wet to 

 plough; the farmer harneffes his horfes, 

 and goes for a load of manure. What does 

 the gentleman's horfes ? 



Some hay or ftraw is bought; the di- 

 ftance will admit of going about twice a 

 day, v with tolerable diligence: We well 

 know what the farmer will do : Can you 

 fay the fame of the gentleman ? 



After the horfes are taken care of, fome 

 cattle require being looked to let to 

 water &c. &c. &c. The farmer cer- 

 tainly will not neglect fuch a bufmefs. 

 The gentleman's man is abfent : where 

 is he ? no body knows. He appears. 

 " Well and where have you been?" 

 " At the blackfmith's, Sir, with this 

 " plough-ihare!" 



At the end of the year, the gentleman 

 and the farmer review their accounts ; the 



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