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work man is superintending the others judiciously & that the work done on the farm is adequate to the labour expended, he draws receives my rents, catches my trout shoots my rooks, entreats me not to be extravagant, purchases land when I can get it in the neighbourhood sells houses in Coldstream for me when I can get rid of them, accompanies I ought to say I fear, accompanied May on the Tambourine, sees that no farm bills are too high knows the level of all the drains & the interest on cash payments the number of bricks it will take to make a wall, & the awful extravagant cost of a new hot house & altogether besides being the most careful man I ever met he is one of the best & most faithful friends & far from being one of the worst Companions I know

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