Oar little habitauon was fituated at the foot of a
flopine hill, Iheltered with a beautiful underv/ood
behind, and a prattling river befbre ; on one fide a
meadow, on the other a green* My farm confided of
about twenty acres of excellent land, having given, an
hundred pounds for my predeceifolr's good-wHl. No-
thing could exceed the neatnefs of my little enclo-
fures ; the elms and hedge-rows appearing with inejc-
preflible beauty. My houfe confided of hut one dory,
and was covered with thatch, which gave it an air of
gr«at fnugnefs : the walls on the iniide were nicely
white-wafhed, and my daughters undertook to adorn
them with piftures of their own defignihg. Though
the fame room fervedus ^r parlour and kitchen, tliat
only made it the ^^fmer. Befides, it was kept with
•the atmoft neatnefe; the difiies, plates,- and rc^petc,
-being .well fcoared, and all dUpodfed in bright rows on
the mdves, the eye was agreeably relieved, a;id .did
not want richet furniture. There were three other
apartments, One for my wife and xhe, another lEbr our
two daughters, within our own, atid die third, with
-two beds, for the reft of the children.
