66 CHRONICLES OF A CLAY FAEM. 



From twenty to twenty-four tons, by weight, per 

 acre. Not ' the best ' but ' the only ' crop to be seen 

 in the neighbourhood. 



If people sometimes get less credit than their due 

 in this world, they must not forget to balance the 

 account with that which they get without deserving. 

 The Penguin of the vast Pacific was the Wizard that 

 had made this crop, not I : yet had the wise Chief 

 Justice Hale been living, not all the waters of the 

 Pacific would have saved me from roasting alive. 



So much for ten acres out of the twenty-two, and 

 the modern fallow : now for ancient practice, and the 

 other twelve. 



'The Wizard of the Pacific.' 1 



