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froon, to know by the scent they were early

peas; a little farther on, so a bastion for

the defence of the abions, which, to add to the

fancy, were not filled with sand, but with large round gravel of a pale

whitish-yellow, only a closer inspection showed that the contents were

new potatoes

The strawberries tookof sorrow for Old Brownslut of the rich red fruit that I was sure those which we had

brought up would not sell

How delicious they smelt in the old-fashioned pottles which we never see

now--long narrow cones, with a cross-handle, over which, when filled, or

supposed to be filled, for a big strawberry would block up the narrow

part of the cone at times, a few leaves were placed, and then a piece of

white paper was tied over with a bit of bast Nowadays deep and shallow

punnets are the order of the day, and a good thing too

Flowers! There see, after a look round, to tell Ike that I was afraid we should

have to take our load back, when I felt a heavy thump on the back of my

head, which knocked off my cap