Midsummer to Michaelmas 
Paradise. He could surely not have been acquainted with 
its evil behaviour towards its foster-brethren, or he would 
scarcely have honoured it thus, one would think. Near 
here there is a village named Gordon, and there is an 
amusing legend that the good folk of Gordon once pro- 
posed to build a wall round the Cuckoo to keep the Spring 
at Gordon. They thus earned for themselves the name of 
the “Gowks o’ Gordon.” Gowk means both a Cuckoo and 
a silly person. — We are very busy now making Green 
Gooseberry-jelly ; it is odd it comes out pink ! The only 
green jelly I ever saw was made of unripe green Grapes. 
Here is a curious old recipe, from mine ancient book, for 
what would seem to be a nice sweetmeat. I think I must 
try it. Gooseberry Paste : “ Take them when full-grown, 
wash them and put them into the preserving Pan, with as 
much Water as covers them ; boil them very thick all to a 
Pommish ; then strain them through a Hair Sieve into a 
Pan, and press out all the Juice : and to every Pound of 
this Paste take i Pound and 2 Ounces of Sugar, boil 
it till it cracks; then mix in your Paste, and let it in- 
corporate with Sugar over a Slow Fire; When it is well 
incorporate, skim it and fill your Pots, then skim it again, 
and when cold put it into the Stove. When it is crusted 
on the Top turn them and set them in the Stove again, 
and when a little dry, cut them in long Pieces, and set 
them to dry quite; and when they are so crusted as to 
bear touching, throw them on Sieves, and dry the other 
Side, and put them into Boxes. You may make them red 
or green, by putting the Colour, when the Sugar and Paste 
is all mixed, giving it a Warm all together.” We have also 
been making Rhubarb-jam. This last one can never Buy, 
as it does not Travel. Some people put ginger in it, I 
think ; a little improvement, certainly. Vegetable-marrow 
and ginger make a nice preserve, but it is not every one 
who likes it ; a little goes a long way. The Strawberries 
are ripening fast, so we shall soon be making Strawberry- 
jam. What an odd name for Black Currants, the old 
“ Squinancy Berries ! ” I wondered for a long time what could 
