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which is so kindly, in watching the trees develope and 

 bear ; the care of them imparts a happiness and con- 

 tentment, and the seqnel is health. Moreover, the life 

 is one of skill and judgment, and not, as is often 

 supposed, one of toil entirely ; the day's routine is more 

 varied than any other business, and who shall say that 

 the son of the soil is not more manly than one who 

 toils in the confined area of a city ? With these words 

 I conclude, asking you to peruse these pages, hoping 

 they may help many young men to independence, and 

 many a parent to be glad that they embraced this 

 opportunity. 



Names of large landowners, neighbours of 

 Mr. Whiting, to whom they have lent their names as 

 references : — 



Mr. EiCHARD O'Neil, Santa Margarita Eancho, 275,000 



Don Marco Foester, San Juan Capistrano, 24,000 



Mr. L. F. MouLTON, Eancho Neguel, El Toro, 26,000 



Mr. James Irvine, San Joaquin Eanche, Tustin, 



102,000 acres. 

 Madam Modjeska, El Toro, 2500 acres. 



DwiGHT WniTiNa, 



El Toro, Orange Co., California. 



acres. 



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