158 Eulof^ium on JVilliam JVest. 



comply.* His uniform answer was *' come and see, I 

 can inform you more by conversation in a few hoars, 

 and by a walk over the farm, than by writing volumes." 

 A visit to his farm was well repaid. The inquirer found 

 always a hospitable reception, a pleasant companion, 

 and saw every thing about the land bearing the strong- 

 est marks of industry, care and skill. The most luxu- 

 riant grass, the native production of the soil, every 

 where met the eye ; not a weed was to be seen ; the 

 fences in the most perfect order, a compost bed ready 

 prepared or in preparation in the field next to be dres- 

 sed, and every improvement effected in the most sub- 

 stantial manner, as if he had been just entering the farm 

 early in life. His industry was indeed encreasing ; for 

 he held it as a point of duty, '' in every man who oc- 

 cupies land to endeavour as far as capable to keep it 

 in an improving state, for the benefit of himself, his 

 connections, the public, and posterity, and he who 

 can make an addition or improvement though small to 

 what is already known, would be doing more good than 

 giving alms all the days of his life."t But although 

 he did not v. rite for the public, he was always ready to 

 serve it, and was often applied to for the purpose of 

 viewing and selecting ilirms for those who wished to 

 settle in the county, or called to give advice to begin- 

 ners, a duty which he always cheerfully performed. 



The construction of his stables, and the accommo- 

 dations for his cattle, all designed by himself, are supe- 



=* Mr. West had drawn up the oudine of a communication 

 to the British board of Agriculture, but did not finish it. 

 I Address to the board oi agriculture. 



