London to John O' Groat's. 



CHAPTER II. 



FIBST DAY'S OBSERVATIONS AND ENJOYMENT RURAL FOOT-PATHS J VISIT 

 TO TIPTREE FARM ALDERMAN MECHl's OPERATIONS IMPROVE- 

 MENTS INTRODUCED, DECRIED, AND ADOPTED STEAM POWEB, 



UNDER-DRAINING, DEEP TILLAGE, IRRIGATION PRACTICAL RESULTS. 



ON Wednesday, July 15, 1863, I left London, with 

 the hope that I might be able to accomplish the 

 northern half of my proposed " Walk from Land's End 

 to John O'Groat's." I had been practically prostrated 

 by a serious indisposition for nearly two months, and 

 was just able to walk one or two miles at a time about 

 the city. Believing that country air and exercise would 

 soon enable me to be longer on my feet, I concluded to 

 set out as I was, without waiting for additional strength, 

 so slow and difficult to attain in the smoky atmosphere 

 and hot streets of London. 



Few reading farmers in America there are who are 

 not familiar with the name and fame of Alderman 

 Mechi, as an agriculturist of that new and scientific 

 school that is making such a revolution in the great 

 primeval industry of mankind. His experiments on 

 his Tiptree Farm have attained a world- wide publicity, 

 and have given that homestead an interest that, per- 



