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it again. Tiie straw is as bright as bur- 

 nished gold. Not a speck in it. These 

 facts will speak volumes to an English 

 farmer, who will see with what ease work 

 must be done in such a country. 

 July 25. Fine hot day. Early pea, mentioned be- 

 fore, harvested, in forty days from the 

 sowing. JVot more Jlies than in England. 

 26. Fine broiling day. The Indian Corn 

 grows away now, and has, each plant, at 

 least a tumbler full of water standing in the 

 sockets of its leaves, while the sun seems 

 as if it would actually burn one. Yet we 

 have a breeze ; and, under these fine sha- 

 dy Walnuts and Locusts and Oaks, and on 

 the fine grass beneath, it is very pleasant. 

 Wood-cocks begin to come very thick 

 about. 

 21, Fine broiler again. Some friends from 

 England here to-day. We spent a plea- 

 sant day ; drank success to the Debt, and 

 destruction to the Borough usurpers, in 

 gallons of milk and water. — JVot more flies 

 than in England. 



28. Very, very hot. The Thermometer 85 

 degrees in the shade : but a breeze. Ne- 

 ver slept better in all my life. No cover- 

 ing. A sheet under me, and a straw bed. 

 And then, so happy to have no clothes to 

 put on but shoes and trowsers ! My win- 

 dow looks to the East. The moment the 

 Aurora appears, I am in the orchard. It 

 is impossible for any human being to lead 

 a pleasanter life than this. How I pity 

 those, who are compelled to endure the 

 stench of cities ; but, for those who re- 

 main there without being compelled, I 

 have no pity. 



29. Still the same degree of heat. I measur- 



