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the island of Rosenberg, presents a picture of the most abundant agricultural wealth. It is mostly rich pasture land, but mixed with corn stubbles, with clover, potatoes, a few turnips, a considerable quantity of colewort, and much madder. In every part there peeped out, among groups of trees, most substantial and neat farm-houses, and barns, surrounded with vast numbers of cows in excellent condition. These*cows nearly resemble the breed of Devonshire, but are rather larger; not however, as might be expected from the nature of the pasture, nearly equalling the size of our Lincoln- shire or even Sussex cattle. The hay-stacks around these farming establishments were large and numerous, but the hay was of a coarse quality, mingled with many rushes. Fruit trees in the large orchards near the farms, and by the sides of the road, presented an overburdening erop of apples and pears. The most prominent agricultural labour that was in progress, was the last ploughing of the fallows, and sowing them with wheat. The ploughs were drawn by three horses abreast, with the share and the coulter of wood, but were suff- ciently strong to turn the soil effectually; for it appeared a rich dark vegetable mould, the friable nature of which indicated, that at least, one of the three horses might have been spared. The wheat was sown in about fourteen turn furrows, well rounded, but with less declivity, and with trenches less deep, than I should have judged necessary, on land so much exposed to be flooded, as this evidently is. The sower carried the seed in his apron instead of a wooden box, and did not appear to regulate each cast of a handful by the motion of his foot, as with us. LE watched the operation attentively, and am convinced that the seed must be most irregularly scattered by so clumsy a mode of performing this