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the town, as well as (though more rarely) those in 
the country, have small gardens attached to them, 
fenced in with high turf walls, and generally kept 
neat and free from weeds; but this latter cir¬ 
cumstance arises, perhaps, more from the paucity 
of indigenous plants of any sort, and the tardiness 
of their growth, than from any particular in¬ 
dustry of the inhabitants in destroying them. 
Cabbages, especially the rutabaga, turnips, and 
potatoes, with sometimes a few carrots, are at¬ 
tempted to be cultivated, but never arrive at any 
great degree of perfection. Probably, the best 
garden, both in point of soil and situation, in the 
town, was that of Mr. Savigniac; certainly, none 
was half so much attended to. Here we had, in 
the month of August, good turnips about the 
size of an apple, and potatoes as large as the 
common Dutch. Radishes and turnip-radishes 
were very good in July and August. Mustard 
and cresses grew rapidly, and well. Mr. Phelps 
ordered some seeds of hemp and flax to be sown 
as soon as we landed; but, with all the care and at¬ 
tention that was given up to them, at the expira¬ 
tion of two months, the former had not reached 
to mere than one foot high, and the latter to 
above six or eight inches: neither showed any 
appearance of flowering, and, at the end of two 
months, had ceased to grow, becoming materially 
injured by the frosts. I do not mean to be under- 
