216 Beautiful Addition of Orchards to Farms. 



The ripening of all sorts of grain appeared 

 to be later here than in the country through 

 which we had passed. This might be accounted 

 for by our having got on a surface of strong 

 clay, from which, no doubt could be entertained, 

 if proper means were taken, that the richest 

 crops might be obtained ; a proof of this opinion, 

 had any been requisite, was exhibited in some 

 luxuriant crops of clover. 



The cabins, here built with clay, had the 

 appearance of being less comfortless than others 

 we had seen, and we were much pleased to 

 observe that many of the farms had the use- 

 ful addition of orchards. We noticed several 

 corn crops, of which some were very good, 

 others the very reverse; the management of 

 the land, however, which lets from three to five 

 pounds an acre, much surpassed the practices 

 we had seen since we left Downshire. After 

 ordering our dinner, we walked out with the 

 intention of examining some of the clay pits in 

 the neighbourhood, but found nothing in them 

 worthy of recollection. 



The altered deportment of the people towards 

 us was here extremely visible ; every one seemed 

 shy of us, and reluctantly entered into COD- 



