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pattern, and the other enclosures never having boasted 

 anything finer than 'post and rail' fixtures, with a 

 half-wall to prop them upon some of the exterior 

 lines. The enclosure (d) is what the previous owner 

 called his back yard ; it was traversed, as you see, by 

 a cart-path leading straight to the barn court, and 

 was encumbered with a prodigious array of old wood, 

 brush heaps, a broken cart or two, and one of the 

 most luxurious thickets of burdock and stramonium 

 which I ever remember to have seen. He (former 

 owner) tells me stramonium is good for ' biles.' Is it ? 

 " The buildings around the little enclosure marked 

 (g) will explain themselves a barn, a hog-pen, a cow- 

 shed all in most dilapidated condition : so much so 

 that I shall have to make a new investment in the 



