.54 CLIMATE, SEASONS, kc. Part I. 



*' rich if you will work. This gentlemaa 

 " who is nbvv about to cram you with 

 *' roast beef and plum pudding came to 

 '* this city nearly as poor as you are ; 

 "and, I first came to this country in no 

 " better plight. Work, and 1 wish you 

 " wt^il ; be idle, and you ought to starve." 

 He told me, then, that he was a hoop- 

 inaher ; and yet, observe, he wanted to 

 have the care of a farm ! N. B. If this 

 book should ever reach the hands of Mr. 

 ilicHARD HuixMAN, my excellent good 

 friend of Chilling, 1 beg him to show 

 this note to Mr. Nicholas Freemantle, 

 of Botley. He will know all about this 

 Vere. TellMr. FntEiiANTLEythatthe Spa- 

 niels are beautiful, that Wood-cocks 

 breed here in abundance ; and tell 

 him, above all, that I frequently think 

 of him as a pattern of industry in busi- 

 ness, of skill and perseverance and good 

 humour as a sportsman, and of honesty 

 and kindness as a neighbour. Indeed, I 

 have pleasure in thinking of all my Bot- 

 ley neighbours, except the Parson, who, 

 for their sakes, I wish, however, was my 

 neighbour now ; for here he might pursue 

 his calling very quietly. 



2. Open weather. Went to Bustleton, after 

 having seen Messrs. Stevens and Pen- 

 drill, and advised them to forward to me 

 affidavits of what they knew about Oli- 

 ver, the spy of the Boroughmongers. 



3. Frost in the morning. Thaw in the day. 



4. Same weather in the night. Rain all day. 

 6. Hard frost. Snow 3 inches deep. 



6. Hard frost. About as cold as a hard frost 

 in January in England. 



7. Same weather. 



8. Thaw. Pry and fine. 



