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to accumulate around us, and which are so many 
links to enchain us to a given spot, have no tempta- 
tions to him. The accompanying sketch will give 
you an idea of the shops and groceries of Pleasant 
Hill, “ our village,” which may, for aught I know, 
he a populous city in half-a-dozen years. 
PLEASANT HILL. 
The house in which I am residing stands in 
the middle of a large yard, formed partly hy a fence 
of rails and posts, and partly by the offices and out- 
buildings, such as the pantry, kitchen, spinning- 
house, dairy, &c. ; these are distinct buildings, 
formed of logs, and always more or less distant 
from the house. Two or three of the negro-houses 
