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where the person who owns the timber is 

 infinitely obhged to you for cutting it 

 down ; for you clear his land by so doing, 

 and do him a service. Our fires in Ame- 

 rica were so large, that you could not ap- 

 proach them within two or three yards. 

 Our soldiers ever laid themselves down to 

 rest with their feet to the fire, for two good 

 reasons : first, a man, lying lengthwise be- 

 fore the fire, takes up too much room ; 

 secondly, if the feet be kept warm by the 

 fire, the whole body is warm. I declare I 

 have frequently seen soldiers get up and. 

 retire from the fire, their feet and leg§ 

 being too warm. 

 AH nature re- AH auimals are fond of warmth. Do 



quires warmth 



you not see, in the cold weather, that the 

 cattle shelter themselves under a thick 

 northern hedge, to enjoy the southern sun- 

 beams ? All nature requires warmth, and, 

 to all nature, it is genial and beneficial. 



Lord Thanet, the father of my worthy 

 and kind friend, the present Lord, Avas a 

 great fox-hunter. He had a kennel so 

 constituted, on purpose for his hounds, with 

 a large circular place in the centre railed 



