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we arrived at a place calle<l " Sf/taishjicld," ;mtl 

 ui'vpr waK a more a|i]iri>nriaU* luniiu licstowt'd 

 n|)(Mi a locality; i'oY liltlioiigh tlir vegetation, 



.^iiriiigiiig n]) fsfm ikik swamps, gave a. feesh, 

 fertile^ and emt Beautiful a^^pearatice to tlie 

 place, yet tlie moi>t, cliilly, and raw atmosphere, 

 t'cmlil (^xcitc ii(nnln'i' iihw^ tliaii tliost^ coinierterl 

 with rheumiitisiiis, cattirrlis, and analogous dis- 

 tsitses, t& wMdi (iold mkd damp will subje^ the 

 Imttiaii ^snie* froxliii ^ l^teii^ of tM hsim 

 we took tip mir niglitfi lodging in ^ht bttt attfais 

 station, where every thing was done to make ii? 

 us comtbrtaljle as pussiljle. Squashfield was, for 

 the present, rented by Mr. Imlay, as a cattle 

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This plaice fe leaEteiisive range of swampy 

 H!it>, fif fertih; appearance, which was the canse 

 oi" its Ijeiufi" fhst seh'cted as a slu'e]) station, and 

 its hi'ight i'eatures, when the yoniig grass is 

 spnuging up, ohafmed mnnyiiito «mrere loss6§« 

 for, not taking into cak-ulation the qnality of the 

 soil, or the aihiptation of tlie phiei' for a shef^p-rnii, 

 numerous Mot'ks were phieed u))on it, and the 

 result was, bciore any long periotl hatl elapsed, 

 the tesa of t3i0 wM€froiJa!*ot | mdyei^ aotwith^ 

 staDd!i9Fg ikesa &etB m^^B sheep were miW-* 

 t|iiently placed on tite same spot, and, as might 

 have been expected, with .sjiuilav results, tVomthc 



