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been prying about, but in vain, to find anything 

 dirty or out of place. Upstairs, where I have 

 been to change my wet shoes, the same order 

 and neatness are to be seen as below, and not 

 only in the comfortable spare bedrooms, where 

 we are to sleep, but also in those of the servants. 

 Even the oaken floors are polished. I am 

 astonished; and also at the number and 

 quantity of useful articles, so much crockery, 

 so much glass, and the endless variety of little 

 useful articles. This within doors; but without, 

 how different ; I can see no garden ground, 

 no vegetables grown, not a single flower ; and 

 in the fields, no green crops, only potatoes. 

 In regard to these, may not lowland example 

 be useful ? 



PISCATOR. I thought you would be surprised 

 as well as pleased at what you saw of the 

 domestic economy, seen as you have seen it 

 in its ordinary working order. Did you ob- 

 serve the small detached building in the yard, 

 opposite the entrance? it is the working kit- 

 chen, and may partly account for the perfect 

 cleanliness of the house. The chief cause, 

 however, as far as I have had an opportunity 

 of observing, is, that everything is cleaned 



