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he is willing to do anything, and will engage 

 for £5 the half-year. A bargain is soon struck, 

 and the stalwart urchin from the " fell-heads " 

 wanders off to lose himself in the giddy gaiety 

 of the Fair. 



If, ultimately he likes his " place," and is 

 well and kindly treated, we may not see him 

 again at hiring for a couple of years. During 

 this time he has made himself generally useful, 

 has become a good milker, and has shone con- 

 spicuously at hay and harvest. He has proved 

 himself a " fine lad," too, and has had his 

 wages raised by way of reward. At twenty 

 he is stalwart enough to hire as a man ; and 

 now his wages are doubled. He asks and 

 obtains £18 for the year, or even £20, if he be 

 entering upon the summer half. 



The farm servants of Cumbria "live in," 

 and have all found. They are well fed, well 

 housed, and take their meals at the master's 

 table. But, if they are well fed, they are 

 hard worked, and in summer often rise as 

 early as three or four in the morning. In 

 these counties, which constitute a vast grazing 

 district, the labour of the farm servant is much 

 more general and interesting than that of 



