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^a$^>rO'^di« and ^ftcrwanls only elevates its 



head abovr water to wntcli procoodiiio-s, disnp- 

 pearing again on the least appearance of danger. 

 It requires a good marksman, ixs well as mucli 

 dau^n, tof sm\xfe sliot etm ^ die smM mtrk 

 tlxB hea^ €^ tHs biid ims^nls. !rbe female U 

 mid to be smaller than the male. 



This estate is nsed by Mr. Cox principallv ns 

 a dairy-farm, and a quantity oi" cheeses are made 

 Upon it, almiii^liiish«0me of t&i^ wm ytmt M 

 thh time eaoplof ed'. They had iidw ftsffi^^eni 

 nailk to make fonr cheeses, and expected soon to 

 increase to ten, daily. Mr. Cox informed me lie 

 has made fonr tons of cheese on this farm in one 

 season, and expected, during the succeeding 

 one, 1^ mafcfe nine o$ ^ tons, liie price of 

 this arildfft of course varies at Sytlnry ; Imt it 

 has been sold at forty-six pounds the ton. 

 Attaclie<t to the neat little lial>itatioy at this 

 farm is a garden, which contains strawberries 

 and gooseberry bnsli^ iii ^lliilVing condition, 

 aixd was rendered gay by many of our European 

 flowering plants in fnll bloom. 



The day after oiir arrival, (;22d,) 1 ranged 

 about the turm, and was much pleusetl with its 



sitnation. To procure an attensivts ^i^^ 1 1^- 

 {•enied an ele vated hill, 4istani al>cmt a mile 

 Irum the honse^ and known bjtiie nanie of 



